 The Florida Legislature appointed Duval County solicitor William James Bryan to finish Mallory's term in the U.S. Senate, but Bryan died not long after, on March 22, 1908.The Legislature then appointed the former Mayor of Marianna, Florida, William Hall Milton, to the senate seat, which was up for election later that year.Lamar did not run for reelection for his house seat, opting instead to run for the senate seat.