• District Court, D. Indiana

  Judge

  1862 – 1864 · 2 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

Career

• Secretary of the Interior

  1861 – 1863 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1851 – 1859 · 8 yrs

• Member

  board of commissioners to adjust claims against Mexico

  1849 – 1851 · 2 yrs

• U.S. representative from Indiana

  1843 – 1849 · 6 yrs

• State representative

  Indiana

  1840 – 1841 · 1 yr

• Commissioner to collect assets and adjust debts

  Indiana

  1837 – present · 189 yrs

• Editor

  Indiana Sentinel

  1832 – present · 194 yrs

• State representative

  Indiana

  1832 – 1837 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1828 – 1843 · 15 yrs