Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An zabi Speer a matsayin dan Democrat zuwa majalisa na arba'in da biyu da arba'in da uku. Bai kasance dan takara ba don sake zabarsa a 1874. Ya kasance wakili ne a majalisun majalisa na Democratic a 1872 da kuma
Shekara ta 1880. Ya ci gaba da aikin doka kuma a 1876 ya zama ɗaya daga cikin masu mallakar "Huntingdon Monitor". Ya kasance dan takarar da bai yi nasara ba a zaben a 1880 zuwa Majalisa ta arba'in da bakwai. Ya mutu a Birnin New York a 1890. An binne shi ne a cikin Riverview Cemetery a Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.