 He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1903; beginning the practice of law in Nortfield.He served as Secretary of the French-Venezuela Mixed Commission in 1906.He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915, serving as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915 and as Commissioner of Taxes for the State of Vermont from 1912 to 1919.