sentences:  Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Schenectady.He was Schenectady's City Clerk from 1808 to 1818, and a member of the Schenectady County Board of Supervisors in 1810, 1813 to 1818, 1822 to 1826, and 1829 to 1832.A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he served in the New York State Assembly from 1816 to 1817.