He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He served as member of the Republican National Committee in 1925, and resumed his former business pursuits in Monticello, Illinois.
In 1924, he decided not to seek re-election to the Sixty-ninth Congress. The following year, he took on a role with the Republican National Committee, before resuming his pre-politics business career in Monticello, Illinois.