Career
After the Revolution, Niles moved to West Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1784 and served as speaker. From 1784 to 1788, he was a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a member of the council in 1785 and 1787.
He was a delegate to the Vermont state constitutional convention of 1791, and upon the admission of Vermont as a State into the Union was elected to the Second Congress as an Anti-Administration Party candidate. Niles was reelected to the Third Congress and served from October 17, 1791, to March 3, 1795.
After his terms in Congress, Niles was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1800 to 1803 and 1812 to 1815. He was a member of the Governor’s Council from 1803 to 1809. He was a presidential elector for the Thomas Jefferson ticket in 1804 and for the James Madison ticket in 1813. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1814.
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