He moved to East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1892, where he entered the real estate and insurance business in 1900.

He served as private secretary to Congressman William A. Rodenberg and as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.

He then went back into real estate and insurance until 1942, whereupon he served as Director of Transportation for American Red Cross at St. Louis, Missouri, until his death on August 1, 1946.

[1] He was interred in St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery, East St. Louis, Illinois.

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