1961年11月加西亚竞选连任,但被副总统迪奥斯达多·马卡帕加尔击败。竞选连任失败后,加西亚回到塔比拉兰过退休生活。1971年6月1日,加西亚当选1971年的制宪会议代表,并被选举为大会主席。然而,几天后,在1971年6月14日,他即死于心脏病,安葬于达义市菲律宾英雄公墓(Libingan ng mga Bayani)。
^Eufronio Alip, ed., The Philippine Presidents from Aguinaldo to García (1958); Jesús V. Merritt, Our Presidents: Profiles in History (1962); and Pedro A. Gagelonia, Presidents All (1967). See also Hernando J. Abaya, The Untold Philippine Story (1967). Further information can be found in Ester G. Maring and Joel M. Maring, eds., Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Philippines (1973).
^ 3.03.1Molina, Antonio. The Philippines: Through the centuries. Manila: University of Sto. Tomas Cooperative, 1961. Print.