Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te taenga mai o te American Revolution, ka noho ia hei mema o te kaunihera ā-rohe o New Jersey mai i te tau 1775 ki te tau 1776. I roto i te Pakanga o te Motuhake i mahi ia i roto i te New Jersey militia hei rangatira pu, i kite i te mahi i Trenton me Monmouth. I te tau 1779 i mahi ia hei karere ki te Tuarua o te Continental Congress
He aha? I mahi ia hei kaitohutohu ki te Kooti o nga Whakapono Katoa o Somerset County, New Jersey mai i te 1781 ki te 1789. I mahi ano ia i te New Jersey General Assembly i te 1784 me te 1800 ki te 1804.