[1][2] During his tenure he lobbied the Governor and state legislature to enact criminal justice reform that would have removed a legal mechanism at the time which allowed prisoners to choose which judges would set their bail, as well as removing the right of spousal privilege.

[4] That same year, he unsuccessfully ran in Maine's 5th Congressional District, losing to the Republican incumbent, Eugene Hale.

When he went to New York University for one year and then entered upon the study of law at Auburn, Maine, in the office of Morrill and Fessenden.

In 1879, he was elected by the legislature Attorney General and discharged the duties of the office with his ability.

[3] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: History of Litchfield and an Account of Its Centennial Celebrations, 1895.