He was a town councilor at the time.
He was named a town councilor in 1640 and remained one through 1650.
In 1891, he spent one one-year term as a town councilor.
He also became a town councilor in Varese that year.
He was later elected as town councilor to Amiens.
Some of his running mates for town councilor turn their faces away when a photographer approaches.
The money was carried by a collector - most probably by one of the town councilors.
In 2004, he was elected as a town councilor in local elections.
There are five town councilors, one for each of the town's wards.
From 1867 to 1872 he was a town councilor in Leipzig.