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==Later life== Hancock took his electoral defeat in stride and attended Garfield's inauguration.<ref>Walker, p. 311.</ref> Following the election, Hancock carried on as commander of the Division of the Atlantic. He was elected president of the [[National Rifle Association]] in 1881, explaining that "The object of the NRA is to increase the military strength of the country by making skill in the use of arms as prevalent as it was in the days of the Revolution."<ref>Kopel, ''National Review''.</ref> Hancock was a Charter Director and the first president of the [[Military Service Institution of the United States]] from 1878 until his death in 1886.<ref>''Constitution, by-laws and register: together with memoranda relating to the history and work of the institution'', Military Service Institution of the United States, Governor's Island, N.Y.H., Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford co., 1906.</ref> He was commander-in-chief of the [[MOLLUS]] veterans organization from 1879 until his death in 1886. He was the author of ''Reports of Major General W. S. Hancock upon Indian Affairs'', published in 1867.<ref name=Eicher/> Hancock's last major public appearance was to preside over the funeral of President Grant in 1885, although he also made a less publicized trip that year to Gettysburg.<ref>Jordan, pp. 312–13.</ref> Hancock died in 1886 at Governors Island, still in command of the Military Division of the Atlantic, the victim of an infected [[carbuncle]], complicated by [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].<ref name=Tagg/><ref name=Cluff/> He is buried in [[Montgomery Cemetery (West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania)|Montgomery Cemetery]] in [[West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]], near [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Eicher/> Although he outlived both of his children, he was survived by the three grandchildren fathered by his son, Russell. Hancock's wife, Almira, published ''Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock'' in 1887. In 1893, Republican General [[Francis A. Walker]] wrote, "Although I did not vote for General Hancock, I am strongly disposed to believe that one of the best things the nation has lost in recent years has been the example and the influence of that chivalric, stately, and splendid gentleman in the [[White House]]. Perhaps much which both parties now recognize as having been unfortunate and mischievous during the past thirteen years would have been avoided had General Hancock been elected."<ref>They Also Ran, Irving Stone, pg. 188</ref>
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