He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and in 1813, he moved to Rochester.
[1] He became the "money king" of the Genesee region as the secretary of Rochester's first bank, before becoming a supervisor of the city in 1834.
In 1837, he became the third mayor of Rochester but resigned after two months to become secretary to the New York State Senate.
[2] He became a member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 2nd D.) in 1848, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, representing New York's 28th congressional district holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853.
Together, they were the parents of: In 1855, he died in Savin Rock, near West Haven, Connecticut.