After the number of electoral districts Tennessee held had been reduced and reapportioned, he was elected by Tennessee's third district to the Twenty-eighth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.
After the number of electoral districts Tennessee had been reduced and reapportioned, he was elected by Tennessee's third congressional district to serve in the Twenty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.