sentences:  That year he was returned to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's new 7th congressional district, made up of ten counties in south-central Iowa.He represented that district in Congress for four years, serving from 1873 to 1877.He did not seek renomination in 1876, even though the "New York Times" reported that summer that he would have "good chances of success" as a candidate to become the next Speaker of the House.