Political Career
In November 1918, he founded an independent self-management of Tyrol Vorarlberg, together with Jodok Fink and Franz Loser. In the four state elections of the First Republic (1919, 1923, 1928 and 1932) he won for his Christian Social Party with 53-63% of the vote. He served as the governor of Vorerlberg from 1920 to 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he was The President of the Court in Vienna.In March 1938, his political career ended with the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany. He was imprisoned by Gestapo in March 1938, and remained as such till September 1938. He was forced to retire by Nazi government in 1939 and was expelled from the country.
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