 He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965January 3, 1967) and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress and for election in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress.Stalbaum was a legislative consultant to rural electric and dairy cooperatives from 1968 to 1985.He resided in Bethesda, Maryland until his death on June 17, 1999.