sentences:  He taught at a school and studied law; in 1860, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Goshen, New York.He became a school commissioner for Orange County, and he served as judge of the Orange County Courts from 1861 to 1864.Greene presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to February 17, 1870, when he was succeeded by Charles H. Van Wyck, who contested his election.