[3] In the 1912 United States House of Representatives election, he was a candidate the New York's 17th congressional district as a Progressive and Independence League, but lost to John F.
[4] He ran again in the 1914 United States House of Representatives election for the same district, this time under the Republican, Progressive, and Independence League ticket, but he lost to Carew again.
He was also a member of the National Conservation Congress and vice president of the Bates Engineering Company of New York City.
His father was vice chairman of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, while he was a member of the executive committee of the London board.
He spent the last moments prior to the ship sinking helping Amy and her husband Warren find their children.