Early life Heath was born in
Delaware. He served in the Regular Army as lieutenant of Engineers from 1799 to 1802, as register in chancery in
Annapolis, Maryland, and served throughout the
War of 1812 as
aide-de-camp to General
Levin Winder.
Political life He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, where he served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
Death He died in
Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and is interred in
Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown. ==References==