[1] After graduating from college, he was hired at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, and later became manager of Lakeside Resort in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

[1] In 1906, he ran as a Progressive Republican for the Wisconsin State Assembly and won a shocking victory over incumbent Democrat Thomas F. Ramsey.

[3] The incident involved accusations against the African American United States Army soldiers in the 25th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Fort Brown, near Brownsville.

After the initial investigation, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered 167 African American men of the regiment to be dishonorably discharged.

Although he sought renomination in 1908, the Republicans instead nominated Chauncey W. Yockey, who went on to lose the general election to Thomas F. Ramsey, who reclaimed his seat.