Elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress, Babcock served as a U.S. Representative for the twenty-sixth district of New York from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.
Babcock was elected to serve in the Twenty-second Congress as an anti-masonic candidate and later served as a U.S. Representative for the twenty-sixth congressional district in New York from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.