After leaving Congress, he resumed legal practice and was the chief justice of the court of common pleas of Litchfield County 1838-1840. He died in Sharon in 1853 and was buried in Sharon Burying Ground.
Following his departure from Congress, he returned to legal practice and acted as chief justice of the court of common pleas for Litchfield County from 1838 to 1840. He passed away in Sharon in 1853 and was interred at Sharon Burying Ground.