sentences:  In 1900, he was elected one of the original directors of the Associated Press, a position he maintained the rest of his life.Also in 1900 he was elected to the Georgia Senate where he served consecutive two-years terms and was the President of that body during the latter term.Following that he was defeated in the contentious 1906 Democratic Georgia gubernatorial race won by Hoke Smith, owner of the rival "Atlanta Journal" newspaper.