 In 1891, he was appointed Chancellor of Union College, and the College awarded him the honorary degree of LL.D..In the session of 1892, he made a strong but unsuccessful fight against the re-apportionment of the state, and for his refusal to vote on an enumeration bill (voting reapportionment) he and two other senators were declared guilty of contempt by Lt. Gov.William F. Sheehan and their names taken from the roll.