 He was also engaged in mining and irrigation projects; 

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923).He was not renominated, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1922 Republican primary election for United States Senator.He was again elected as At-Large Representative from the Sixty-ninth to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1933).