sentences:  He was Chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (21st Congress).In May 1831, Earll Jr. was appointed by Governor Enos T. Throop as a Canal Commissioner, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Seymour; and in January 1832 was elected by the New York State Legislature to succeed himself.He remained in office until February 1840 when the new Whig majority removed all Democratic commissioners.