• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1789 – 1798 · 9 yrsAppointed by George Washington

Career

• Drafter

  Pennsylvania Constitution

  1790 – present · 236 yrs

• Professor of law

  College of Philadelphia

  1789 – present · 237 yrs

• Delegate

  Federal Constitutional Convention

  1787 – present · 239 yrs

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1785 – 1787 · 2 yrs

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1783 – present · 243 yrs

• Avocat g�n�ral for maritime and commercial causes

  appointed by French government

  1779 – 1783 · 4 yrs

• Businessman, land speculator and legal advisor

  1777 – 1787 · 10 yrs

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1774 – 1777 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1770 – 1774 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1768 – 1770 · 2 yrs