He was again offered the same position during the time of Senate President Manuel Luis Quezon but he also declined, this time for "delicadeza", because he was then involved in a case pending before the Supreme Court. Araneta married Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas on March 7, 1896. The couple had 14 children: Carmen, Jose, Salvador, Consuelo, Paz, Rosa, Antonio, Teresa, Ramon, Vicente, Conchita, Margarita, Luis and Francisco. He died on May 9, 1930 of myocardial infarction.