Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ọ banyere ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị dịka onye Democrat. Ọ bụ onye postmaster nke Richfield Springs site na 1842 ruo 1848. Na July 16, 1846, ọ lụrụ Olive Beardsley Hyde (1824<unk>1900). N'afọ 1848, ọ sonyeere Free Soil Party. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na 1856
na 1860 Republican National Convention. Ọ bụ odeakwụkwọ nke Otsego County site na 1859 ruo 1861.