sentences:  He attended district schools and graduated from Rutgers College in 1853.He moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856, commencing practice in Jersey City.He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention, was presiding judge of Bergen County, New Jersey in 1868 and 1869 and was one of the organizers of the Hackensack Improvement Commission in 1869 as well as of Hackensack Academy.