U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Union College, in 1808, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Johnstown, New York. He was Johnstown town clerk, (1814, 16-17), Montgomery County Supervisor, (1818-22, 26-29) and a member of the New York State Assembly, in 1822. In 1823, he was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, serving until 1825. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he practiced law, district attorney of Fulton County, (1840-46) and justice of the peace of Johnstown, in 1853.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Union College, in 1808, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Johnstown, New York. He was Johnstown town clerk, (1814, 16-17), Montgomery County Supervisor, (1818-22, 26-29) and a member of the New York State Assembly, in 1822. In 1823, he was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, serving until 1825. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he practiced law, district attorney of Fulton County, (1840-46) and justice of the peace of Johnstown, in 1853.
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