He was a member of the New York State Assembly ( Oneida Co. , 3rd D. ) in 1887 . He was Deputy Attorney General under Theodore E. Hancock from 1894 to 1898 . He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 . He was New York Attorney General from 1899 to 1902 , elected at the New York state election , 1898 , and re-elected at the New York state election , 1900 . He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention . In 1902 , he was the Republican candidate for Justice of the New York Supreme Court in the heavily Republican Fifth Judicial District , but was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers . Even his party fellows had accused him of incompetence , and had favored the nomination of an independent candidate
1900 Republican National Convention
1900 Republican National Convention
John C. Davies (lawyer)