Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da zuwan juyin juya halin Amurka, ya zama memba na majalisa na lardin New Jersey daga 1775 zuwa 1776. A cikin War of Independence ya yi aiki a New Jersey militia a matsayin kyaftin din bindiga, yana ganin aikin a Trenton da Monmouth. A shekara ta 1779 ya yi aiki a matsayin wakili a majalisa na biyu na Continental
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci a Kotun Common Pleas na Somerset County, New Jersey daga 1781 zuwa 1789. Ya kuma yi aiki a Majalisar Dattijan New Jersey a 1784 kuma daga 1800 zuwa 1804.