• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1862 – 1877 · 15 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

Career

• U.S. senator from Illinois

  1877 – 1883 · 6 yrs

• Judge

  Illinois Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit

  1848 – 1862 · 14 yrs

• Delegate

  Illinois constitutional convention

  1847 – present · 179 yrs

• State representative

  Illinois

  1844 – present · 182 yrs

• Private practice

  1836 – 1848 · 12 yrs

• Private practice

  1835 – 1836 · 1 yr

Education