sentences:  He served in the Vermont House of Representatives  from 1822 to 1823 and from 1841 to 1847 he was county Judge of Probate.He was Bennington County's State's Attorney from 1823 to 1825, a member of the Governor's Council from 1824 until 1827, and a member of the first Vermont State Senate after the body was created in 1836.In 1839 he ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor.