Completed the following sentence: He was elected district attorney in 1862 and served for three years. He was solicitor for the city of Reading from 1867 to 1870, and a member of the board of school control of Reading from 1868 to 1876. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1868 and
1880 <unk> <unk> He was chairman of the standing committee of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1869, 1872, and 1873. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874 and the 11th district from 1875 to 1887. 1877 Governor John F. Hartranft appointed him as a member of the Pennsylvania Statuary Commission.