He represented Massachusetts as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms from 1869 to 1877 and then served in the U.S. Senate until his death during his fifth term . For one term during his House service , from 1873 to 1875 , his brother Ebenezer Rockood Hoar served alongside him . He was a Republican , who generally avoided party partisanship and did not hesitate to criticize other members of his party whose actions or policies he believed were in error . In 1880 he was chairman of the 1880 Republican National Convention . When James Garfield , who eventually won the party 's nomination and the presidential election , rose to object that votes were being cast for him without his consent , Hoar disallowed his objection . He later said : " I was terribly afraid that he would say something that would make his nomination impossible . " Hoar was long noted as a fighter against political corruption . He campaigned for the rights of African Americans and Native Americans . He opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 , describing it as " nothing less than the legalization of racial discrimination " He was a member of the Congressional Electoral Commission that settled the highly disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election . He authored the Presidential Succession Act of 1886
1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
George Frisbie Hoar