Education
He attended Monticello Academy. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced practice in Kingston.
He attended Monticello Academy. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced practice in Kingston.
He was Assistant Doctorate.A. of Ulster County from 1854 to 1856. In 1857, he removed to Brooklyn. He was Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1865 to 1866.
Afterwards he resumed his private practice.
On March 25, 1884, he was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory, but died on the day before his planned departure for Cheyenne, Wyoming. He collapsed while walking across the Brooklyn City Hall Park, and died an hour later of "apoplexy" at his home in Brooklyn.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Company, 5th Doctorate) in 1864 and 1865. He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd Doctorate) in 1872 and 1873.