 He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950.After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Northfield, Vermont.Plumley was married to Emilie Adele Stevens Plumley in 1900 and they had three children together, Allan R. Plumley, Fletcher D. P. Plumley (named for Governor Fletcher Dutton Proctor) and Evelyn Stevens Plumley Adams.