He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850. He was appointed United States Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark on January 22, 1852, but did not assume his duties at that post.
He did not win re-election in 1850. On January 22, 1852, he was named as the United States Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark; however, he never took up his post there.