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 ran for re-election in 1858 but lost his seat in the Thirty-sixth Congress, later returned to practicing law after leaving office. He died in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1861 and was laid to rest in the City Cemetery.