Education
Later he studied law, and was admitted to the bar about 1810, and commenced practice there.
Later he studied law, and was admitted to the bar about 1810, and commenced practice there.
He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1831 and 1843. He removed to Hoosick Falls, New York, and opened a tailor shop there. In 1814, one hundred and twenty-eight volunteers under George R. Davis joined the State Militia, and all marched from Troy to Plattsburgh, but the Battle of Plattsburgh had been fought before they reached there.
When he became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Rensselaer County in 1829, he moved to the county seat Troy.
In 1830, under the provisions of the Safety Fund Law, he was appointed Bank Commissioner, and served five terms until 1840. He was a member from Rensselaer County of the New York State Assembly in 1819, 1830, 1831, 1842 and 1843.
And was Speaker in 1831 and 1843. He was First Judge of the Rensselaer County Court from 1838 to 1847.
He died drowning.