[2] He served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1971 through 1980 and is the longest serving Democratic President Pro Tempore in Pennsylvania eclipsing Presley Carr Lane's previous record of eight years.
[3] He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Luzerne County district from 1945 to 1946.
He was the owner and operator of a successful insurance agency in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
[3] He served on the Ashley, Pennsylvania school board for 24 years.
[3] He is interred at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.