sentence: in 1874 he was elected to the state senate from the 21st district ( marathon , oconto , shawano and waupaca counties and parts of outagamie county ) as a liberal democratic/reform candidate , with 4693 votes to 3968 for stalwart republican elisha l. bump , for a two-year term ; he was assigned to the committees on the judiciary and on federal relations in the first year , moving in the next session from federal relations to the committees on bank and banking , and on privileges and elections .