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