After graduating, Craig engaged in agriculture, before being elected to and serving in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1817 and 1818.
He served as chairman of the "Committee on Revolutionary Claims" from 1837 to 1840, but did not seek renomination in 1840.
Craig moved to Roanoke County, Virginia in 1842 and resumed agricultural pursuits.
He died on his plantation, "Green Hill," near Salem, Virginia, on November 25, 1852.
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