 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1910, Tanner akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri Wokutanga weGweta Guru reNew York, mutariri wehofisi yeNew York City. Akanga ari mumiririri ku1912uye 1916 Republican National Conventions. Akashanda sachigaro weNew York Republican State Committee kubva muna 1914 kusvika muna 1917. Akanga ari mumiriri we1915 New York State Constitutional Convention, achishanda sachigaro weKomiti yeGavhuna nevamwe vakuru vehurumende. Akanga ari muNew York National Guard, achishanda semushandi, mushandi, uye musoja mu23rd Regiment, 2nd Lieutenant mu12th Regiment, uye 1st Lieutenant uye Captain mu14th Regiment. Mukusarudzwa kweUnited States House of Representatives muna 1918, aive mukwikwidzi weRepublican mudunhu re17 reNew York. Akarasikirwa nesarudzo naHerbert Pell. 