• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  1892 – 1911 · 19 yrsAppointed by Benjamin Harrison

• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  1892 – 1913 · 21 yrsAppointed by Benjamin Harrison

Career

• U.S. senator from West Virginia

  1913 – 1918 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1889 – 1892 · 3 yrs

• U.S. representative from West Virginia

  1883 – 1889 · 6 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the District of West Virginia

  1881 – 1882 · 1 yr

• Secretary of the Navy

  1881 – present · 145 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the District of West Virginia

  1868 – 1881 · 13 yrs

• State representative

  West Virginia

  1867 – 1868 · 1 yr

• Editor

  Clarksburg West Virginia Telegraph

  1866 – present · 160 yrs

• Private practice

  1866 – 1867 · 1 yr

• U.S. Army

  1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs