Run For Congress
In 1866 Wightman ran for the 40th United States Congress as the Democratic Party candidate for the Massachusetts' fourth Congressional district. Wightman ran as a friend of the working man and the working men were urged to vote for Wightman. However in the election the vote of the working men went to the Republican candidate Samuel Hooper. Wightman received 3,183 votes against Republican candidate Hooper, who won with 7,902 votes.
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