Kammala wannan jumla: Mai goyon bayan Samuel J. Tilden, Weed ya kasance wakili ne a taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1876. A cikin rikici da ya biyo bayan zaben 1876, an zargi Weed da kokarin cin hanci da rashawa a cikin jihohin da ake jayayya don ba da kuri'unsu na zaben ga Tilden. Weed ya kuma kasance wakili ne ga
A shekara ta 1880, an yi wani babban taro a birnin New York, kuma a shekara ta 1884 aka yi wani babban taro.