He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Buffalo and Pepin counties during the 1895 session.
[1] On January 23, 1864, he enlisted for service in the Union Army, joining Company G of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, where his brother had been serving since 1862.
[3][1] After the war, he returned to his father's farm in Buffalo County and attended school for two more years.
He was appointed postmaster at Misha Mokwa, Wisconsin, in 1883, and served for most of the next decade in that role.
[4] After his term in the Legislature, DeGroff moved to North Dakota, and subsequently relocated to California, where he died in 1932.