He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

He was elected as district attorney of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1889.

He was appointed judge of the courts of record of Northampton County in 1914.

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