Career
The family emigrated to the United States in 1880, and settled in Long Island City. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business, and entered politics as a Democrat. He was Register of Queens County from 1927 to 1932.
And Sheriff of Queens County from 1933 to 1935.
He died on December 29, 1940, at his home at 425 Beach 138th Street in Belle Harbor, Queens, after an illness of four days. And was buried at the Calvary Cemetery there.