He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court by President Chester A. Arthur on October 16, 1884. He was president judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1889. He resumed the practice of law in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1897.
He was appointed associate justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court by President Chester A. Arthur on October 16, 1884. He served as president judge for the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1889. He resumed his legal practice in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1897.