He was elected April 27, 1907, as a Republican from Michigan's 5th congressional district to the Sixtieth Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Alden Smith.
The original Commissioners were recently-defeated U.S. Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire (who was chosen as president), Gerrit J. Diekema of Michigan, James P. Wood of Ohio, William Arden Maury of the District of Columbia, and William L. Chambers of Alabama.
Gerrit Smith | Gerrit P. Judd | Gerrit Schotte | Gerrit Dou | Gerrit Rietveld Academie | Gerrit Wolsink | Gerrit Cole | Gerrit Badenhorst | Gerrit Wartenaar | Gerrit Voorting | Gerrit van Uylenburgh | Gerrit Thomas | Gerrit Noordzij Prize | Gerrit J. Diekema | Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld | Gerrit Jan Heijn | Gerrit Henry | Gerrit de Hooch |