Later Life
On March 1, 1912, President Taft nominated Sloan to be a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Confirmation of the nomination was delayed by Arizona's two senators who hoped instead for a Democratic nominee. Taft changed his nomination to a recess appointment in late August and Sloan took the bench on September 5, 1912. The recess appointment expired on March 4, 1913.
After leaving the bench, Sloan spent the rest of his life in private legal practice in Phoenix. On August 15, 1921, he became a widower when his wife, Mary, died. At the request of Governor Thomas Edward Campbell, he represented Arizona at the November 1922 conference which created the Colorado River Compact. Sloan was the supervising editor of a four-part History of Arizona in 1930. This was followed by the his autobiography, Memories of an Arizona Judge.
Sloan died in his home on December 14, 1933, the result of a basal skull fracture he had suffered after a fall three days earlier. He was buried in Phoenix's Greenwood Memorial Park.
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