time for the upper house, called the council. He easily won in the general election, garnering over 1200 more votes than his opponent. He decided not to run for re-election in 1890, However, he did run for sheriff of Maricopa County, winning the Democrat nomination in a field of four. He narrowly lost in the general election of November to Republican J. B. Montgomery.

In 1904 he was nominated by the Democrats to run for the state house of representatives for one of the seats from Maricopa County. The Republicans, however, swept the