He moved to
Nebraska in 1869 and settled in
Omaha, where he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice. He moved to
Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1870 and to
Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1871, where he became a railroad construction laborer. When Clay County government was established in April 1872 in response to the killing of Slim Jim Shumway by
Shang Stanton, Comstock was the only man in town with a law degree. Consequently Comstock was Clay County attorney from 1872 to 1878. He was elected a member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives in 1875, 1876, 1878, and 1881. He served in the
Minnesota Senate from 1882 to 1888. Comstock was an unsuccessful candidate for
attorney general of Minnesota in 1882 and as lieutenant governor in 1884. He retired from law practice in 1884 and engaged in the real estate business. Comstock was elected as a
Republican to the
United States House of Representatives in the
51st United States Congress, (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd Congress and served as a delegate to the
1892 Republican National Convention. Comstock donated land to build the Bishop Whipple School in 1882, which later became
Concordia College. He also sponsored a bill and donated six acres of land in 1885 to help create the Moorhead Normal School, now
Minnesota State University Moorhead. After resuming his real estate business in Moorhead, Comstock also engaged in manufacturing farm implements in 1893. He was a member of the state normal school board from 1897 to 1905, and retired from business pursuits and resided in Moorhead, Minnesota, until his death on June 3, 1933. He was buried at
Prairie Home Cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota. == Personal life ==