sentences:  Senter was elected to city council from the 1st ward in 1858 and was then elected to mayor in 1859 serving until 1860.It is assumed, since there is no military record for Senter, that he served in the Civil War as assistant commissary-subsistence officer at Camp Taylor in Cleveland in April and May 1861.He was promoted to commandant of the camp in 1862 serving until 1864.