Editing James B. Weaver (section)

==Later years and death==
[[File:James and Clara Weaver 1908.png|thumb|upright|James and Clara Weaver in 1908]]

The Republican Party's popularity after the victory in the [[Spanish–American War]] led Weaver, for the first time, to doubt that populist values would eventually prevail.{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=193}} With the demise of the Populist Party, Weaver became a Democrat and was a delegate to the [[1904 Democratic National Convention]].{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=193}} He was displeased at the party's nominee, [[Alton B. Parker]], whom he thought "plutocratic",{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=194}} but Weaver supported his unsuccessful campaign nevertheless.{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=194}} He gave serious consideration to running for the House again that year; however, he decided against it.{{sfn|Haynes|1919|p=400}} In 1908, he supported Bryan's third campaign as the Democratic nominee for president, but it, too, was unsuccessful.{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=194}}

That same year, Weaver and his wife, Clara, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, surrounded by six of their children.{{sfn|Haynes|1919|p=408}} The Iowa legislature honored him in 1909 and hung a portrait of him in the [[Ola Babcock Miller Building|Iowa State Historical Building]].{{sfn|Haynes|1919|pp=410–412}} He wrote a history of Jasper County, Iowa, where he lived, which was published in 1912.{{sfn|Mitchell|2008|p=199}} Weaver planned to campaign on behalf of Democratic candidates that year but did not have the chance.{{sfn|Haynes|1919|p=404}} On February 6, he died of heart failure at his daughter's house in Des Moines after being sick for ten days.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40644248/the_sheboygan_press/ |title=Gen. James B. Weaver Dead |date=February 7, 1912 |work=The Sheboygan Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216065252/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40644248/the_sheboygan_press/ |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |url-status=live |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> After a funeral at the [[First United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)|First Methodist Church]] in Des Moines, Weaver was buried in that city's [[Woodland Cemetery (Des Moines, Iowa)|Woodland Cemetery]].{{sfn|Haynes|1919|pp=424–431}} The last letter he wrote was an endorsement of Speaker of the House [[Champ Clark]] for the Democratic presidential nomination; however, Clark went on to lose the nomination to [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40644097/lincoln_journal_star/ |title=Champ Clark Praised By Voice From Grave |date=March 23, 1912 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216064420/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40644097/lincoln_journal_star/ |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |url-status=live |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>