Career
First auditor
U.S. Department of the Treasury
1889 – 1893 · 4 yrs
U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia
1870 – present · 156 yrs
First Delaware Cavalry colonel
1863 – present · 163 yrs
U.S. representative from Delaware
1861 – 1863 · 2 yrs
Attorney general
State of Delaware
1855 – 1860 · 5 yrs
Private secretary
Pres. Millard Fillmore
1852 – present · 174 yrs
Commissioner to settle claims of U.S. citizens against Brazil
1850 – 1852 · 2 yrs
Confidential clerk
U.S. Secretary of State
1849 – 1850 · 1 yr
Secretary of state
State of Delaware
1846 – 1847 · 1 yr
Aide-de-camp
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Young, Commander of Delaware Militia
1846 – present · 180 yrs
State representative
Delaware
1844 – present · 182 yrs
Clerk
Delaware State Senate
1843 – present · 183 yrs
Private practice
1841 – present · 185 yrs
Education
Degree, Dickinson College
