Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bliss ya kasance wakili ne ga Yarjejeniyar Republican ta National na 1864 da 1868. Ya kasance wakili ne a Babban Taron Kasa na Liberal Republican a 1872, da kuma Babban Taron Kasa na Democrat na 1876, 1880
, 1884, da kuma 1888. Ya kasance memba na kwamitin kwamishinonin ruwa na Brooklyn a 1871 da 1872. Daga 1868 zuwa 1878 shi ne shugaban da mataimakin shugaban kamfanin Bushwick Railroad Company. Ya kuma kasance Daraktan Kamfanin New York & Long Island Bridge.