He served as a Whig member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1853 to 1855, as commissioner of Fairmount Park from the time of its founding, and as a member of the American Philosophical Society.
He held a Whig seat in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 1st district from 1853 to 1855. He also served as commissioner of Fairmount Park and was a member of the American Philosophical Society.