Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A họpụtara ya dịka onye ọka iwu mpaghara n'afọ 1862 ma jee ozi afọ atọ. Ọ bụ onye ọka iwu maka obodo Reading site n'afọ 1867 ruo 1870, ma bụrụ onye so na kọmitii na-ahụ maka ụlọ akwụkwọ na Reading site n'afọ 1868 ruo 1876. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya na Democratic National Conventions na 1868 na 1880
Ọ dị mma. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke kọmitii na-adịgide adịgide nke Berks County, Pennsylvania, na 1869, 1872, na 1873. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye otu Senate steeti Pennsylvania maka mpaghara nke 1 site na 1873 ruo 1874 na mpaghara nke 11 site na 1875 ruo 1887. Ọ họpụtara ya n'ọnwa Ọktoba nke afọ 1877 site n'aka Gọvanọ John F. Hartranft dịka onye otu Pennsylvania Statuary Commission.