- Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan ( 31 March 1928-18 April 1951). Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris; won subsequent elections through 1946; died in office from cancer.
- Delegate to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in 1945.
- Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly at London and New York in 1946'.
- United States adviser to the Council of Foreign Ministers at London, Paris, and New York in 1946.
- Delegate to Pan American Conference at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1947.
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