Tuhia he toenga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru ia ki te tōrangapū hei kaitōrangapū. Ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere o Richfield Springs mai i te 1842 ki te 1848. I te Hōngongoi 16, 1846, i marenatia ia ki a Olive Beardsley Hyde (1824<unk>1900). I te tau 1848, ka uru ia ki te Free Soil Party. He mema ia ki te Huihuinga o 1856
me te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa o te tau 1860. Ko ia te Kaituku o Otsego County mai i te 1859 ki te 1861.