 He was Secretary of State of New York from 1860 to 1861, elected in November 1859; and Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1863 to 1864, elected in November 1862.He died at the family mansion in 1871, and was buried at the Floyd-Jones Cemetery, on his Fort Neck estate.His wife Mary Louisa (Stanton) Floyd-Jones died on July 22, 1906.