He was a member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly in 1808–09.

He served as colonel on the frontier and at Fort Erie during the War of 1812.

He was a major general of the New York State Infantry from 1828 to 1830.

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.

He was elected a presidential elector in 1824 and cast his vote for John Quincy Adams.