From 1898 to 1905 he was Landrat at Mondschau, and then worked at the Oberpräsidium Koblenz, the administrative center of the Prussian Rhine Province.

Initially considered part of the conservative wing of the party, he was active on subjects such as the occupied territories as well as judicial and transport issues.

Following the 1924 elections, he argued in favour of a coalition with the right-wing German National People's Party (DNVP).

[1] In December 1927, he became chairman of the Zentrum group and in this function helped bring about the demise of the third government of Wilhelm Marx.

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