 Healy became a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1824.Elected by a 4,000 majority over Federalist, Ezekiel Webster, as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, Healy served as a United States Representative from the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829).After leaving Congress, Healy was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 1829-1832.