sentences:  He was secretary of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association for 14 years, and secretary of the National Cattle Growers Association.He was elected to the Wyoming Territorial Senate and chairman of the Republican Central Committee of the Territory while in Cheyenne, serving from 1882 to 1883.Sturgis returned to New York City in 1887 or 1888, opening a building company, Sturgis & Hill.