[2] The year he was elected to the state legislature, he married Rebecca Ann Cannady.

[2] After his term as State Representative, Carney was elected Governor of Kansas and served from 1863 through 1865.

During his tenure, he devoted his efforts to developing the state and addressing the issues caused by the Civil War.

[3] A founder of the First National Bank of Leavenworth, he also served as Director of the Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad Company.

Carney died on July 28, 1888, in Leavenworth, Kansas, from apoplexy, and is buried there in Mount Muncie Cemetery.