He was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of LaSalle County, Illinois in December 1900.

Hinebaugh was elected and reelected chairman of the Republican county central committee, but resigned in July 1912 to join the Progressive Party.

He served as president and general counsel of the Central Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, and resided in Chicago.

He moved to Albion, Michigan, in 1933 and continued the practice of law until his death there September 22, 1943.

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