sentences:  He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837, but was not a candidate for renomination.After leaving Congress, he served as a trustee of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1841–1861.In addition, he was a member of the New Jersey constitutional convention in 1844 and judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals 1845–1857.