• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1807 – 1823 · 16 yrsAppointed by Thomas Jefferson

Career

• Received recess appointment to U.S. District Court for the District of New York

  May 16

  1805 – present · 221 yrs

• Associate justice

  Supreme Court of Judicature of New York

  1802 – 1807 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  New York City

  1783 – 1802 · 19 yrs

• Imprisoned by British in New York

  1782 – present · 244 yrs

• Private secretary

  U.S. minister to Spain John Jay

  1779 – 1782 · 3 yrs

• Continental Army lieutenant colonel

  staff of Gen. Philip Schuyler

  1775 – 1777 · 2 yrs