 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - O jẹ aṣoju si 1912 : , 1920 àti 1924 Democratic National Conventions. Òun ni Mayor ti Troy, New York ni ọdún 1920 àti 1921. O je Oludari Ipinle New York lati 1923 si 1924, ti won dibo ni 1922, sugbon ti won bori fun idibo pada ni 1924 nipasẹ Vincent B. Murphy. 