In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco, California. He died in Berkeley, California on December 30, 1914, and was interred in Sunset Cemetery.
In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco, California. He passed away in Berkeley, California on December 30, 1914, and was laid to rest in Sunset Cemetery.