Career
He studied medicine at Malone, New York, and commenced practice in Canton, New York, in 1822. He was appointed Postmaster of Canton in 1843. In 1845 he was one of four coroners in Saint Lawrence County.
He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1850 to 1855, elected on the Democratic ticket in 1849 and 1852, but defeated for re-election on the Hard ticket in 1855.
