 He was Vice President of the Oneida Savings Bank; and a director of the Oneida Valley National bank, and the Rome and Clinton Railroad.He was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention; Supervisor of the Town of Verona in 1865 and 1866; a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida County, 3rd D.) in 1867; a delegate to the 1868 Democratic National Convention; and a member of the New York State Senate (19th D.) in 1870 and 1871.He was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Oneida.