sentences:  He served as one of Corning's members of the Steuben County Board of Supervisors in 1898 and 1899.Pratt was assistant postmaster of Corning while his father served as postmaster; the younger Pratt was appointed postmaster on September 8, 1905 and served until January 27, 1914.He was a delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1908 and 1910.