Supreme Court, said that Carswell "was asking for it, and he got what he deserved". Later years In 1976, Carswell pled guilty to battery for advances he made to an undercover police officer in a Tallahassee men's room. Then, in September 1979, Carswell was attacked and beaten by a man whom he had invited to his Atlanta, Georgia, hotel room in similar circumstances. Until these incidents there had been no public talk of Carswell's sexuality. Carswell subsequently returned to his private law practice before retiring. He died in 1992 of lung cancer; his wife, Virginia, died in 2009. See also Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States George L. Thurston III Notes References Sources 1919 births 1992 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers Bisexual men Deaths from lung cancer in Florida Duke University alumni Florida Republicans Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Mercer University alumni People from Tallahassee, Florida People from Wilkinson County, Georgia United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Florida United States court of appeals judges appointed by Richard Nixon United States district court judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Navy officers Unsuccessful nominees to the United States Supreme Court LGBT conservatism in the United States United States Navy personnel of World War II