sentences:  After the war he served as judge of the fourth judicial circuit from 1865 until April 20, 1868, when he resigned.Upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation Boles was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and was reelected to the Forty-first Congress, serving from June 22, 1868 until March 3, 1871.He successfully contested the election of John Edwards to the Forty-second Congress and again served from February 9, 1872 until March 3, 1873, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.