Leflore was replaced by George Hudson who under the new 1860 Constitution became Principal Chief and the position of Governor was eliminated.
[1] In their matrilineal kinship system, children were considered born to the mother's people and took their social status from her family.
In 1859, LeFlore was elected to the position of Governor following the completed term of Alfred Wade which was finished by Tandy Walker.
LeFlore was involved with the Constitutional Convention of January 1860, and abdicated power to the newly elected Principal Chief, George Hudson.
The Choctaw are one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast, and had adopted certain United States customs that they thought were useful.