 Doe's biographer, John Phillip Reid, suggests that Doe's removal was part of an 1855 "political revolution" in New Hampshire in which hundreds of Democrats were removed from office by the legislature.After his removal as county solicitor, Doe devoted his attention to his law practice in a partnership he formed with attorney Charles W. Woodman.Although little is known of Doe's law practice, his biographer reports that Doe was attorney of record on 223 separate actions filed in Strafford County between April 1854, when he was admitted to the bar, and September 1859, when he was appointed to the bench.