Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Valentine i te Whare Kawana o North Carolina mai i te tau 1955 ki te tau 1960. I muri mai, ko ia te kaitohutohu me te kaitohutohu ki te Kawana a Dan K. Moore, a, i muri mai ka noho ia hei tumuaki mo te komiti whakahaere o te North Carolina Democratic Party (1966 <unk> 1968). He mema ia ki te
Te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Manapori i te tau 1968. I te tau 1982 i pootihia ia ki te Kaunihera mai i te rohe tuarua o te Kaunihera o North Carolina, e ono nga wa i mahi ai ia i te Whare Kaunihera. Kaore ia i tu ano mo te pooti i te tau 1994 ka reti mai i te tari i pootihia i te mutunga o tana wa i te marama o Hanuere 1995. Ko tētahi wāhanga o U.S. 64 e tata ana ki Nashville i tapaina ki a ia hei whakanui i tana mahi tūmatanui.