 After graduation, he commenced the practice of dentistry in Kingston in 1905.He served as a member of the board of education from 1916 to 1922, burgess of Kingston from 1922 to 1926, and prothonotary of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929.Turpin was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John J. Casey.