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Born 1824 · Greene County, TN
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District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Judge
1880 – 1895 · 15 yrsAppointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Postmaster general of the United States
1877 – 1880 · 3 yrs
U.S. senator from Tennessee
1875 – 1877 · 2 yrs
Chancellor
Tennessee Chancery Court, Third Judicial District
1870 – 1875 · 5 yrs
Private practice
1865 – 1880 · 15 yrs
Confederate Army
1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs
1853 – 1861 · 8 yrs
1852 – 1853 · 1 yr
1850 – 1852 · 2 yrs