Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An fara zabar Helm a majalisar wakilai ta Kentucky a 1826; tsakanin 1826 da 1843 ya yi aiki na shekaru goma sha ɗaya a gidan jihar. A shekara ta 1844 an zabe shi a majalisar dattijai, inda ya yi aiki a kai a kai har sai an zaba shi a matsayin dan takarar Whig Party don mataimakin gwamnan a kan tikitin tare da John J. Crittenden, wanda ya shahara ga Crittenden Compromise. Whigs sun lashe babban zaben kuma Helm ya zama gwamnan a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1850, lokacin da Crittenden ya yi murabus don karɓar alƙawari a matsayin Babban Shari'ar Amurka a majalisar Shugaba Millard Fillmore. Bayan hidimarsa a matsayin gwamna Helm ya zama shugaban Louisville da Nashville Railroad. Ya zuba dubban daloli na kansa a cikin aikin kuma ya shawo kan mazauna tare da hanyar hanyar hanyar da za su sayi hannun jari a kamfanin. A shekara ta 1859 an kammala layin, amma a shekara mai zuwa Helm ya yi murabus saboda bambance-bambance tare da kwamitin gudanarwa game da wani reshe da aka gabatar wanda zai fadada layin zuwa Memphis, Tennessee.  Tambaya: Wanene ya raba tikiti tare da Helm a 1884?
John J. Crittenden