He ran for and was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving one term from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897, having been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving one term from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897. He lost his bid for reelection to the Fifty-fifth Congress in 1896.