• District Court, D. Illinois

  Judge

  1819 – 1850 · 31 yrsAppointed by James Monroe

Career

• Register, U.S. Land Office

  1818 – 1819 · 1 yr

• Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois Territory

  1816 – 1818 · 2 yrs

• Illinois Territorial Militia officer

  1812 – present · 214 yrs

• Secretary

  Illinois Territory

  1809 – 1816 · 7 yrs

• Acting governor

  Illinois Territory

  1809 – present · 217 yrs

• Private practice, St. Genevieve

  Louisiana Territory and Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory

  1804 – 1809 · 5 yrs

Education