Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: E toru nga wa kotahi tau a Hazard i roto i te Rhode Island House of Representatives, i toa i te pooti hei mema mo te kawanatanga i te 1851, 1854 me te 1880. I noho hoki ia hei kaumatua o te kawanatanga mai i te 1866 ki te 1867. I te tau 1856, ko ia tētahi o ngā māngai o Rhode Island ki te
te hui whakatū o te rōpū Reipa. E wha tau i muri mai ko ia he karere ki te 1860 Republican National Convention.