• District Court, N.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1839 – 1861 · 22 yrsAppointed by Martin Van Buren

• District Court, S.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1839 – 1861 · 22 yrsAppointed by Martin Van Buren

Career

• State representative

  Mississippi

  1878 – present · 148 yrs

• Private practice

  1878 – 1883 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1866 – 1878 · 12 yrs

• State representative

  Mississippi

  1865 – 1866 · 1 yr

• Confederate Army major general

  1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs

• Mississippi State Militia lieutenant

  1846 – present · 180 yrs

• State representative

  Mississippi

  1839 – present · 187 yrs

• U.S. representative from Mississippi

  1837 – 1838 · 1 yr

• U.S. representative from Mississippi

  1836 – 1837 · 1 yr

• State representative

  Mississippi

  1835 – 1836 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1830 – 1839 · 9 yrs