• Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

  Judge

  1801 – 1802 · 1 yrAppointed by John Adams

• District Court, D. Rhode Island

  Judge

  1796 – 1801 · 5 yrsAppointed by George Washington

Career

• Private practice

  1801 – 1808 · 7 yrs

• U.S. representative from Rhode Island

  1790 – 1796 · 6 yrs

• Deputy

  Rhode Island General Assembly

  1787 – 1790 · 3 yrs

• Justice of the peace

  1785 – 1790 · 5 yrs

• Deputy

  Rhode Island General Assembly

  1780 – present · 246 yrs

• Clerk

  Rhode Island General Assembly

  1780 – 1786 · 6 yrs

Education