1986 amendment from Representative Chalmers Wylie would successfully defund Playboy's Braille edition. 1986 campaign In November 1986, Mattingly was narrowly defeated in his bid for re-election by former Congressman Wyche Fowler of Atlanta. Post senatorial career In 1987, Reagan appointed Mattingly assistant secretary-general for defense support for NATO in Brussels, Belgium. In 1988, Mattingly received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. In 1992, President George H. W. Bush appointed Mattingly ambassador to Seychelles. He served in this position until 1993. Mattingly remains active on several corporate and nonprofit boards. Mattingly ran against Democrat Zell Miller in the 2000 special election to replace the deceased Senator Paul Coverdell, but Miller succeeded in holding the seat to which he had been appointed by Governor Roy Barnes. Mattingly endorsed Fred Thompson for President in the 2008 Republican primary, and John McCain in the general. He would support Newt Gingrich for President in the 2012 Republican primary, and Mitt Romney in the general. He initially supported Jeb Bush but later Donald Trump for President in the 2016 Republican primary after Bush dropped out, and he supported Trump again in 2020. Personal life Mattingly married Carolyn Longcamp in 1957, and fathered two daughters, Jane and Anne. Carolyn Mattingly died in 1997. In 1998, he married Leslie Davisson, a lawyer, mediator and former judge. He currently lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia. He continues to be active in Republican politics, and he serves on a number of corporate boards. References 1931 births Living people Politicians from Anderson, Indiana Republican Party United States senators from Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans Ambassadors of the United States to Seychelles IBM employees People from Brunswick, Georgia People from St. Simons, Georgia Military personnel from Indiana United States Air Force airmen New Right (United States) 20th-century American diplomats 20th-century American politicians Members of Congress who became lobbyists