He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives for the Berks County district from 1883 to 1886. He served as a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate for the
11th district from 1889 to 1896. During the
Spanish–American War, he served as captain of Company G, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was a delegate to the
1900 Democratic National Convention. Green was elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Daniel Ermentrout. He was reelected to the
Fifty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He worked as editor of the
Reading Telegram from 1903 to 1912 and of the
Reading Times from 1911 to 1913. He resumed the practice of law in Reading, and was also admitted to the bar in
Texas in 1920. He became engaged in
oil operation in the
Mid-continent Oil Field. He died in Reading in 1929. He was interned in
Arlington National Cemetery. ==Notes==