[1] After a period of bad health, he moved north to Green Bay, in the new state of Wisconsin.

[1][2] He became one of the more popular citizens at Green Bay, and, when the city received its official charter in 1854, he was elected their first Mayor, serving one year.

In 1871, he was appointed postmaster for Green Bay by President Ulysses S. Grant for a term to begin in 1872.

[1] He suffered from declining health for two years, beginning in 1874, and was confined to his home for the last two months of his life.

[1] His former home at 318 North Van Buren Street stood until 2015, when it was replaced by a set of row houses.