• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  1959 – 1982 · 23 yrsAppointed by Dwight Eisenhower

• District Court, N.D. West Virginia

  Judge

  1954 – 1959 · 5 yrsAppointed by Dwight Eisenhower

Career

• Received recess appointment to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  October 17

  1958 – present · 68 yrs

• State senator

  West Virginia

  1942 – 1950 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1932 – 1954 · 22 yrs

• Prosecutor

  1929 – 1932 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1927 – 1929 · 2 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  1923 – 1927 · 4 yrs

• Divorce commissioner

  West Virginia Circuit Court, Wood County

  1923 – 1927 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1920 – 1923 · 3 yrs