• United States Court of Claims

  Judge

  1863 – 1878 · 15 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

Career

• State representative

  Illinois

  1858 – 1860 · 2 yrs

• Publisher and editor, The Argus

  1850 – present · 176 yrs

• Reporter

  Illinois Supreme Court

  1849 – 1863 · 14 yrs

• Private practice

  1846 – 1863 · 17 yrs

• Clerk

  Illinois Supreme Court

  1841 – 1848 · 7 yrs

• State representative

  Illinois

  1840 – 1842 · 2 yrs

• State senator

  Illinois

  1838 – 1839 · 1 yr

• Internal improvement commissioner

  1837 – present · 189 yrs

• King's counsel for Lower Canada (now Quebec)

  1833 – present · 193 yrs

• Member

  Legislative Assembly for the Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec)

  1829 – 1835 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  Stanstead and Sherbrooke, Lower Canada (now Quebec)

  1827 – 1833 · 6 yrs