My work following the War

Following the war, I served in the Pennsylvania Legislature. I was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and thereafter worked in support for the new constitution. I was then sent as a Senator for Pennsylvania when that constitution was approved. In 1789, President George Washington appointed me Secretary of the Treasury, but I turned down the office and suggested my good friend Alexander Hamilton for the job. I felt I could better serve as a Senator. I completed my office as Senator and then retired from public service.