sentences:  He left the position to resume his law practice of law.Wilshire presented credentials as a Republican member-elect to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to June 16, 1874, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Gunter, who had contested Wilshire's election in 1872.Wilshire was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877).