 In 1853 he returned to the legislature serving as president of the upper chamber Council.From 1856 until 1858 Ralph Wilcox served as a registrar for the U. S. Land Office in Oregon City, and then as county judge in Washington County from 1858 to 1862.In 1862 he returned to state politics and was elected as a representative to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican from Washington County.