 Following his service in the state legislature, he served as CEO of the Trenton National Bank from 1936 to 1945.He re-joined state government in 1945, serving for a year as commissioner of the state Division of Finance, before becoming the first director of the newly created Missouri Department of Revenue in July 1946, in the Cabinet of Governor Phil M. Donnelly, serving until his election as state treasurer.From 1949 to 1953, he served as State Treasurer of Missouri.