pəlˈɪɾɪkli, hiː wʌz ɐn ʌnsəksˈɛsfəl dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk kˈændᵻdˌeɪt fɔːɹ ᵻlˈɛkʃən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks tə ðɪ ˈeɪɾifˈɪfθ juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts kˈɑːŋɡɹəs.
Politically, he was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth United States Congress.