Prussian House of Representatives
In 1867 he became a member of the short-lived North German Reichstag, where he remained till the body was dissolved at the end of 1870. Following unification, he was listed as a member of the German Reichstag between 1871 and 1880. He also sat as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives between 1867 and 1879. In the parliaments he represented a Kassel electoral district, sitting as a member of the National Liberal party.