[2] In April 1831, he was one of the signatories of an anti-Masonic "Address to the People of New-York" opposing the supposed malign influence of Freemasonry on New York and national politics.
[6] Contemporary reports claim that he won because Democrats in the neighboring Town of Ixonia were given ballots for the wrong Assembly district, and cast invalid votes for Benjamin Nute, thus causing Pike to win by a twenty-vote margin in this predominantly Democratic district.
[8] In 1852, Pike was elected one of the vice-presidents of the newly organized "Jefferson and Dodge County Agricultural Society.
"[9] By 1860, Pike had become a Republican, and served as a delegate to the county convention of that party in September.
[10] He died January 16, 1863, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Whitewater, Wisconsin along with his wife Rebecca Mead Pike (1781–1867).