sentences:  He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Seneca Co.) in 1814-15.He was District Attorney of the Thirteenth District (comprising Seneca, Tompkins, Cortland and Broome counties) from 1817 to 1818; and of Tompkins County from 1818 to 1823.He was the first President of the Cayuga Steamboat Company when it was organized in 1819.