Later, after the observation tour to Europe, he became a candidate of the Rikken seiyukai party in a local electoral district of Niigata Prefecture, when the 7th general election for the members of the House of Representatives was held in 1902, and from then, he was elected 5 times consecutively (In the 11th general election for the members of the House of Representatives, he changed the constituency and he filed his candidacy in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture to become a successful entrant, and for a while he was a member of Chuseikai party.)
その後、欧州視察を経て、明治35年（1902年）の第7回衆議院議員総選挙において新潟県郡部区より立憲政友会から立候補して初当選、以後5回連続で当選を果たした（第11回衆議院議員総選挙では群馬県前橋市区に選挙区を移して当選、また一時中正会に籍を置く）。