 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Codd akanga ari mutezo webhodhi ravakuru vomunharaunda kubvira muna 1902 kusvikira muna 1904. Akasarudzwa meya weDetroit uye akashanda kubva muna 1905 kusvika muna 1906, asi rutsigiro rwake rwekubvumirana nemitengo yeDetroit Street Railway yakashandura pfungwa yeruzhinji kumurwisa, uye haana kubudirira mukuedza kwake kusarudzwazve. Akanga ari mumiriri ku1908 Republican National Convention. Akashanda semutongi weYunivhesiti yeMichigan muna 1910 na1911. Akagadzwa kuva mutongi wedunhu weWayne County achishanda mu3rd Circuit kubva muna 1911 kusvika muna 1921. 