Abercrombie practiced in
Cleburne County, Alabama through 1890. He also served as a
high school principal, city school superintendent, and college president from 1888 through 1898. Elected to the
Alabama Senate, Abercrombie served from 1896 through 1898. He then served the state as the state superintendent of education from 1898 to 1902. He went on to serve as
Solicitor of Labor and Acting Secretary in the
United States Department of Labor from 1918 through 1920. In 1920, he was elected the Superintendent of Education in Alabama. ==Death==