• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1845 – 1872 · 27 yrsAppointed by John Tyler

Career

• Candidate for U.S. Senate from New York

  1845 – present · 181 yrs

• chief justice

  1837 – 1845 · 8 yrs

• Associate justice

  Supreme Court of Judicature of New York

  1831 – 1845 · 14 yrs

• Judge

  New York State Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit

  1823 – 1831 · 8 yrs

• Postmaster

  1820 – 1823 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1817 – present · 209 yrs

Education