• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1837 – 1852 · 15 yrsAppointed by Martin Van Buren

Career

• State representative

  Alabama

  1836 – present · 190 yrs

• U.S. senator-elect from Alabama (appointed to the bench before he could take his seat)

  1836 – present · 190 yrs

• U.S. representative from Alabama

  1833 – 1835 · 2 yrs

• State representative

  Alabama

  1831 – present · 195 yrs

• U.S. senator from Alabama

  1826 – 1831 · 5 yrs

• State representative

  Alabama

  1820 – 1822 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1819 – 1836 · 17 yrs

• Private practice

  1800 – 1819 · 19 yrs