[1][2][3] He worked as a civil engineer where he surveyed fuel lands in Ohio and West Virginia from 1910 until 1911.

[1] During World War I, he served in the United States Infantry as a private, unassigned, from May 28, 1918, until December 13, 1918.

[1] After the war, Albaugh served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1921 until 1925.

[1] He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank L. Kloeb, and only served from November 8, 1938, until January 3, 1939.

[4] Albaugh died following a stroke at his home in Troy on January 21, 1942, and is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.