[5] Tall, handsome, muscular, and intelligent[weasel words], Densmore was often the point-man the D.C. police turned to for their most difficult cases.

President Ulysses S. Grant specifically asked the MPD to assign Densmore to break up the District of Columbia's gambling dens on E Street NW.

[6] He was then assigned to the Willard Hotel and asked to break up a gang of gentlemen thieves who broke into wealthy people's rooms and stole money and jewels.

Densmore won his divorce by claiming that his wife had no interest in maintaining a home, smoked cigars and used chewing tobacco, was cruel and temperamental, and failed to care for him during a serious illness.

[3] The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denied his petition in October 1888, strongly condemning the award of divorce in dicta.

[11] For reasons of ill health,[8] Densmore resigned as White House usher in late July 1887.

)[4] Densmore was asked to rejoin the White House in February 1889 in order to oversee preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Benjamin Harrison.

[16] He gave up his White House duties temporarily, and traveled to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and Lebanon, New Hampshire, to recuperate with friends and family.

His funeral, held at the church, was attended by numerous members of Congress and representatives from the White House staff.