• District Court, District of Columbia

  Judge

  1886 – 1889 · 3 yrsAppointed by Grover Cleveland

• District Court, District of Columbia

  Judge

  1855 – 1863 · 8 yrsAppointed by Franklin Pierce

Career

• Private practice

  1873 – 1886 · 13 yrs

• U.S. representative from Maryland

  1871 – 1873 · 2 yrs

• State representative

  Maryland

  1870 – present · 156 yrs

• Senior professor of law, Columbian College

  Washington, D.C.

  1866 – 1867 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1863 – 1870 · 7 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1854 – 1855 · 1 yr

• Deputy attorney general

  1845 – 1850 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1844 – 1854 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1839 – 1844 · 5 yrs

Education