• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1889 – 1910 · 21 yrsAppointed by Benjamin Harrison

• Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  Judge

  1884 – 1890 · 6 yrsAppointed by Chester Arthur

Career

• Justice

  Kansas Supreme Court

  1870 – 1884 · 14 yrs

• City attorney

  1869 – 1870 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Kansas District Court, First Judicial District

  1865 – 1869 · 4 yrs

• Judge

  Leavenworth County Kansas Probate and Criminal Courts

  1862 – 1865 · 3 yrs

• Commissioner

  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas

  1861 – 1862 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1858 – 1861 · 3 yrs

Education