sentences:  He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1819.Litchfield was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th, and as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1825.In 1828, he married Mrs. Lucy Bacon, widow of Dr. Enos Bacon, and they had four children.