He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Party for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress. He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Charles B. Farwell to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from May 6, 1876, to March 3, 1877.
He was a failed candidate for a seat in the Forty-third Congress as a Liberal Party member in 1872. He later succeeded in winning the election for the Forty-fourth Congress as a Democrat and served from May 6, 1876, to March 3, 1877.