sentences:  Cate presented credentials as a Democratic member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress where he served from March 4, 1889 until March 5, 1890 when he was succeeded by Lewis P. Featherstone.Featherstone had contested the election after having been put up as a candidate to oppose Cate by The Agricultural Wheel.In an agreement between "The Wheel" and the Republican Party, the Republicans agreed to support Featherstone against Cate.