 Later, he served in the Kentucky Senate in 1846 and was a delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849.He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Presley Underwood Ewing and served from December 4, 1854, to March 3, 1855 and was elected as a candidate of the Opposition Party to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1860.