sentences:  Upon the readmission of the State of Georgia to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869.He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify.He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1877 and was a traveling missionary from 1879 until his death in St. Augustine, Florida, December 3, 1900.