He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1861 and was buried in the City Cemetery
A politician who sought re-election in 1858 but failed to secure his position in the Thirty-sixth Congress, subsequently returned to practicing law after leaving office. His life came to an end in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1861 and he was laid to rest in the City Cemetery.