He also served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1850. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.
He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1850. He was elected as a Whig member of the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853), but did not win re-election for the Thirty-third Congress in 1852.