Oscar Branch Colquitt - Later Years

Later Years

After leaving office, Colquitt became sympathetic to the German cause. He tried to purchase the New York Sun, which he intended to use to disseminate German propaganda, but was not successful. He ran for U.S. Senate in 1916, but was defeated in the general election by the incumbent, former governor Charles Allen Culberson.

Following his defeat, Colquitt became president of an oil company in Dallas. From 1928 until 1929 he served on the U.S. Board of Mediation. In 1935, he became a field representative for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Colquitt suffered a slight stroke in the late 1930s but remained active in his work. After a ten-day battle with influenza, Colquitt died on March 8, 1940. He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

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