 During the professional years on New York's southern tier (1875–1882), d'Autremont campaigned actively for Horace Greeley in 1872, Samuel Tilden in 1876, and Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880.He was president of Elmira's Tilden and Hancock Clubs and gave stump speeches throughout New York and Pennsylvania.He moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1882.