əpˌɑːn ðə ɹiːdmˈɪʃən ʌv tˌɛnəsˈiː tə ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntˈeɪʃən, hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd æz ɐ jˈuːniənˌɪst tə ðə θˈɜːtinˈaɪnθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs ænd ɹˌiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd æz ɐ ɹᵻpˈʌblɪkən tə ðə fˈɔːɹɾiəθ ænd fˈɔːɹɾifˈɜːst kˈɑːŋɡɹəsᵻz.
Upon the readmission of Tennessee to representation, he was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress and re-elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses.