From 1864 to 1884, he was co-owner of the firm of "Sloan & Irwin, flour commissioners" which held a large number of business interests. From 1884 until his death, he was President of the Second National Bank of Oswego. Ge was a presidential elector in 1896.
And a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Company, 1st Doctorate) in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1879, and was Speaker in 1877. He was a member of the New York State Senate (21st Doctorate) from 1886 to 1891, sitting in the 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures. In 1892, as a member of the Committee of the Detroit Deep Water Ways Convention in Washington, District of Columbia, he gave his adverse opinion on the ruinously high import duty on Canadian barley.
