sentences:  From 1887 to 1889 he was a practicing attorney in partnership with E. M. Carr and Harold Preston.He was prosecuting attorney for the counties of Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish from 1889 to 1891.Appointed by Governor Elisha P. Ferry in 1891, and elected to a full four-year term in 1892, he served as Superior Court Judge for the Skagit and Island counties from 1891 to 1896.