• District Court, M.D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1801 – 1802 · 1 yr

• District Court, D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1797 – 1801 · 4 yrs

• District Court, E.D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1794 – 1797 · 3 yrs

• District Court, D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1790 – 1794 · 4 yrsAppointed by George Washington

Career

• confirmed

  February 24

  1801 – present · 225 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the District of North Carolina

  1789 – 1790 · 1 yr

• Member

  North Carolina House of Commons

  1786 – 1788 · 2 yrs

• Member

  North Carolina House of Commons

  1784 – present · 242 yrs

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1784 – 1785 · 1 yr

• Commissioner for sale of confiscated properties

  1780 – present · 246 yrs

• Member

  Board of Auditors for Public and Private Accounts

  1779 – present · 247 yrs

• Clerk

  North Carolina State Senate

  1777 – 1779 · 2 yrs