hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd æz ɐ dˈɛməkɹˌæt tə ðə fˈɔːɹɾiˈeɪtθ ænd fˈɔːɹtinˈaɪnθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəsᵻz mˈɑːɹtʃ fˈoːɹ, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː mˈɑːɹtʃ θɹˈiː, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 -March 3, 1887).