sentences:  He was elected to represent the 20th District during the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Enos T. Throop and served from September 30, 1816 to March 3, 1817.He resumed the management of his estate and was connected with the land office at Albany for twenty years.Avery died in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, on January 30, 1842 (age 75 years, 134 days).