Early Life
He attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1875. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Elmira. He was District Attorney of Chemung County in 1878 and 1879. At this time he became the proprietor of the Elmira Daily Advertiser. Afterwards he enrolled as a student in Heidelberg University in Germany, returning to Elmira in 1882 and resumed the practice of law.
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