 While a practitioner at the Bar, he took an active interest in politics, though he never sought nor held a political office.He was not only a convincing speaker on the hustings in numerous political campaigns, but was a wise advisor in the councils of the Democratic party.In 1894, the legislature met and elected judges to the Supreme Court of Appeals to succeed the Readjuster Court, and it worthily executed the commission of the people in selecting the new members.