 He won Mayor in 1899 and won again when he was eligible in 1904, but the next time he was eligible things didn't go so smoothly.Following the Atlanta race riot of 1906. he won the 1908 Democratic primary (in a virtually one party state) but was arrested for public intoxication less than a month before the December general election and was defeated by Robert Maddox.He served his third and fourth terms following Courtland Winn.