He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress serving from March 4, 1877 until his death in Neligh, Nebraska on September 4, 1878. He is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1877 until his death in Neligh, Nebraska on September 4, 1878. He is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.