• District Court, District of Columbia

  Judge

  1809 – 1845 · 36 yrsAppointed by James Madison

Career

• U.S. senator from Kentucky

  1805 – 1809 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1803 – 1805 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  Kentucky Circuit Court

  1802 – 1803 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1794 – 1802 · 8 yrs

• Clerk

  Kentucky State Senate

  1792 – 1794 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1791 – 1792 · 1 yr

• Commissioner

  boundary dispute between Kentucky and Virginia

  1791 – present · 235 yrs

• Judge

  Kentucky State District Court

  1791 – present · 235 yrs

• State delegate

  Virginia

  1789 – present · 237 yrs

• Private practice

  1788 – 1789 · 1 yr

Education