<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wakhethwa njengomshushisi wesifunda ngo-1862 futhi wakhonza iminyaka emithathu. Wayengummeli wedolobha laseReading kusukela ngo-1867 kuya ku-1870, futhi eyilungu lebhodi lokulawulwa kwezikole laseReading kusukela ngo-1868 kuya ku-1876. Wayengummeli weDemocratic National Conventions ngo-1868 futhi  <response>: Ngo-1880. Wayengusihlalo wekomidi elihlala njalo laseBerks County, ePennsylvania, ngo-1869, 1872 nango-1873. Wakhonza njengelungu lePennsylvania State Senate esifundeni sokuqala kusukela ngo-1873 kuya ku-1874 kanye nesifunda se-11 kusukela ngo-1875 kuya ku-1887. Ngo-Okthoba 1877 waqokwa nguMbusi uJohn F. Hartranft njengelungu lePennsylvania Statuary Commission. 