• District Court, S.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1838 – 1838

• District Court, N.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1838 – 1838

• District Court, D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1836 – 1838 · 2 yrsAppointed by Andrew Jackson

Career

• Private practice

  1838 – 1844 · 6 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the District of Mississippi

  1830 – 1836 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1829 – 1830 · 1 yr

• Attorney general

  State of Mississippi

  1828 – 1829 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1825 – 1827 · 2 yrs

• State representative

  Kentucky

  1814 – present · 212 yrs

• Private practice

  1810 – 1825 · 15 yrs

• State representative

  Kentucky

  1810 – 1811 · 1 yr