Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Kingston, Ulster County, New York; ya halarci makarantun gama gari kuma ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Columbia, New York City; karatun doka; an shigar da shi cikin lauya kuma ya yi aiki; ya koma Florida kuma ya zauna a Pensacola, Florida; ya yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin a cikin yaƙin Indiya na 1837
; memba na Majalisar Dokoki na Yankin Florida; an nada shi lauyan gundumar a 1841; an nada shi lauyan gundumar Amurka na gundumar Apalachicola a Florida a 1842; mataimakin mai shari'a na Kotun Koli ta Florida 1846<unk>1850; an zabe shi alkali na kotun da'ira a watan Janairu 1851; memba na Majalisar Wakilan Florida; ya yi aiki a Majalisar Dattijan Jihar Florida; mai karɓar kwastam don tashar jiragen ruwa na Apalachicola; an zabe shi a matsayin dan Democrat zuwa na talatin da biyar da talatin da shida na Majalisa kuma ya yi aiki daga Maris 4, 1857, zuwa Janairu 21, 1861, lokacin da ya janye; alkalin kotun gundumar karkashin Gwamnatin Tarayya 1862<unk>1865; wanda dokar 1877 ta ba da izini don shirya kundin dokokin jihar Florida; ya mutu a Marianna, Florida; binnewa a St. Luke's Episcopal Cemetery.