Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mai goyon bayan Samuel J. Tilden, Weed ya kasance wakili 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 shi ma wakili ne a taron gunduma na shekara ta 1880
da kuma daya a 1884.