• United States Court of Claims

  Judge

  1906 – 1916 · 10 yrsAppointed by Theodore Roosevelt

Career

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

  1901 – 1905 · 4 yrs

• Governor

  West Virginia

  1897 – 1901 · 4 yrs

• Editor, West Virginia Journal

  1891 – 1896 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1891 – 1896 · 5 yrs

• U.S. representative from West Virginia

  1890 – 1891 · 1 yr

• U.S. marshal

  District of West Virginia

  1881 – 1885 · 4 yrs

• Revenue agent, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury

  1879 – 1881 · 2 yrs

• Editor

  Wheeling West Virginia Standard

  1877 – 1878 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1875 – 1877 · 2 yrs

• Postmaster

  1871 – 1877 · 6 yrs

• Collector of tolls

  Kanawha West Virginia River Board

  1869 – 1871 · 2 yrs

• Assistant superintendent of public schools

  1868 – 1870 · 2 yrs

Education