In 1864, he resigned as Superintendent of Public Instruction and moved to Chicago, Illinois to be head of the public school system, a job he began in June of that year.

[1] He served until resigning in June 1877 (he alleged that the school board had forced him out in order to appoint his assistant superintendent Duane Doty, which Doty denied).

[1][2] Finally, he went to the University of Iowa and served as president until his retirement in 1887.

[3][4] Pickard died at his daughter's home in Cupertino after falling from a streetcar and breaking his leg.

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