President Grant's Indian "Peace Plan" allowed him to win re-election to his third term without opposition. The term also saw him win a number of reforms. Using an argument that qualified individuals were not applying to be territorial officials because the cost of living exceeded the pay for various positions, he was able to have the pay for territorial legislators raised to US$6 per day and territorial governor's pay raised to US$3,000 per year. He also succeeded in having the administration of U.S. territories moved from the State Department to the Department of the Interior, with the transfer occurring on March 1, 1873. McCormick also worked on a bill to restrict the killing of American Bison except for use as food, legislation resolving citizenship issues of Mexican-born residents of Arizona who lived in land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase, further expansion of mail routes and criminalization of acts that damaged or destroyed parts of the new military telegraph system. McCormick chose not to run for a fourth term. Later life After leaving office as territorial delegate, McCormick become a commissioner of the Centennial Exposition. This was followed by becoming secretary of the Republican National Committee in August 1876 and his working in the U.S. presidential campaign of Rutherford B. Hayes. In 1877, McCormick was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. This was followed by his being named United States Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition in November 1877. At the end of his service as commissioner, he was appointed Commander, Legion of Honor, by the President of France in 1878. McCormick was offered ministries to Brazil in 1877 and Mexico in 1879 but declined both offers. Instead, he returned to New York City and settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. There he became involved in a number of business efforts, as president and/or director of several mining companies and trustee of a bank. McCormick made unsuccessful runs for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1882 and 1886 before his election in 1894 to represent New York's first district for a single term. McCormick died on June 2, 1901, at his house in Jamaica. McCormick Street in downtown Tucson, Arizona, was named in his honor. References External links American people of Scottish descent 1832 births 1901 deaths Writers from New York City Governors of Arizona Territory Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona