Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 1918, i tono ia kia kowhiria ano hei Democrat ki te Kaunihera Ono tekau ma ono, a ka noho tonu ia hei Democrat i roto i nga pooti kaunihera e rima, kaore i tautohetohehia. Na ka mahi a Martin i te Kaunihera mai i te Maehe 4, 1915 tae noa ki tona matenga i Washington, D.C., i te Paenga-whāwhā 6, 1929. He mema ia, e tohu ana i tana rohe o te kaunihera, ki te 1920 Democratic National Convention
i San Francisco. He aha te take? He Episcopalian a Martin, he Freemason hoki.