Elected as a Democrat to the sixty-second United States Congress in 1911, and to the seven succeeding Congresses, he served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 1926.
He was elected as a Democrat to serve in the U.S. Congress for six consecutive terms, starting with the sixty-second Congress in 1911 and concluding with his passing in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 1926.