He was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly in 1781–1782, 1784, 1786–1790, 1793–1794, 1797, 1801–1804, and 1809.
Congress He was elected to the
Second Congress (March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793) and to the
Third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Abraham Clark and was reelected to the
Fourth Congress, serving from January 29, 1795, to March 3, 1797.
Later career He resumed his former business activities and was elected to the
Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801). He was then elected as a
Democratic Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1805, to March 12, 1809, when he resigned
Death and burial Kitchell died in Hanover Township on June 25, 1820, and was interred there in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church. ==References==