• District Court, M.D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1858 – 1861 · 3 yrsAppointed by James Buchanan

Career

• Private practice/businessman

  1868 – 1878 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1865 – 1868 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Confederate District Court, District of North Carolina

  1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs

• U.S. senator from North Carolina

  1855 – 1858 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1847 – 1854 · 7 yrs

• U.S. representative from North Carolina

  1845 – 1847 · 2 yrs

• State senator

  North Carolina

  1844 – 1845 · 1 yr

• Member

  North Carolina House of Commons

  1840 – 1842 · 2 yrs

• Delegate

  North Carolina constitutional convention

  1835 – present · 191 yrs

• Private practice

  1831 – 1845 · 14 yrs