Career
The family removed in 1870 to the Clinton Heights neighbourhood in the Town of East Greenbush. He was the first Mayor of the City of Rensselaer, elected upon its incorporation in 1897. Due to his illness, he did not take his seat during the session of 1912.
He died on February 4, 1912, at his home in Rensselaer, New York, after an illnes of several weeks.
And was buried at the Greenbush Cemetery in East Greenbush.