 He was also the Connecticut attorney for Tolland County, Connecticut 1786–1807.He was the chief judge of the county court and judge of the probate court 1807–1818 and a principal of a law school 1810–1818.He was a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1815 and 1816 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Uriel Holmes and served from November 16, 1818, to March 3, 1819.