In 1905 he was among the founding members of the Seine-et-Marne branch of the SFIO, the French socialist party.
In 1911 he became secretary of the trades union federation of Seine-et-Marne.
During the First World War he served with the French Army, was promoted to sergeant and received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
In the 1919 legislative elections he was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, representing Seine-et-Marne and sitting with the SFIO.
Re-elected in the 1924 legislative elections, he was defeated in the 1928 legislative elections, which returned to the old, pre-1919, single vote system.