Later Years
In 1934, Pinchot ran unsuccessfully for the Senate a third time, and lost the Republican nomination to incumbent Senator David Reed. Pinchot's final campaign, a bid for the GOP nomination for Governor in 1938, was also unsuccessful, as he came in second to former Lieutenant Governor Arthur James.
In his remaining years, the ex-governor gave advice to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote a book about his life as a forester, and devised a fishing kit to be used in lifeboats during World War II. He even instructed the U.S. Navy on how to extract fresh water from fish.
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