Austin ran for Alabama 's 8th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1890 , but lost to the incumbent , former Confederate general Joseph Wheeler , 16,821 votes to 12,076 . He was a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention at Minneapolis . He returned to Knoxville in 1893 to edit the '' Knoxville Republican ''
1892 Republican National Convention
1892 Republican National Convention
Richard W. Austin