• District Court, E.D. Virginia

  Judge

  1841 – 1844 · 3 yrsAppointed by Martin Van Buren

Career

• Minister plenipotentiary to France

  U.S. Department of State

  1854 – 1859 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1849 – 1854 · 5 yrs

• Secretary of the Navy

  1846 – 1849 · 3 yrs

• Attorney General of the United States

  1845 – 1846 · 1 yr

• Secretary of the Navy

  1844 – 1845 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1837 – 1841 · 4 yrs

• U.S. representative from Virginia

  1831 – 1837 · 6 yrs

• State senator

  Virginia

  1827 – 1831 · 4 yrs

• Commonwealth's attorney

  1827 – 1831 · 4 yrs

• State delegate

  Virginia

  1823 – 1827 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1821 – 1831 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1819 – 1821 · 2 yrs