Judicial service
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Judge
1839 – 1849 · 10 yrs
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Judge
1826 – 1849 · 23 yrsAppointed by John Quincy Adams
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Judge
1826 – 1849 · 23 yrsAppointed by John Quincy Adams
Career
State senator
Alabama
1825 – 1826 · 1 yr
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
1824 – 1826 · 2 yrs
U.S. attorney for the District of Alabama
1817 – 1824 · 7 yrs
U.S. attorney for the District of the Territory of Mississippi
1814 – present · 212 yrs
Virginia militia lieutenant
1812 – 1814 · 2 yrs
Land commissioner
Louisiana
1812 – present · 214 yrs
Education
Degree, Hampden-Sydney College