He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, and reelected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825.
He was chosen by voters to represent them in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses as a Federalist candidate and was reelected for the Eighteenth Congress as an Adams-Clay Federalist, serving from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825.