First assistant and acting secretary of state
1882 – 1885 · 3 yrs
Assistant counsel of the United States
French-American Claims Commission
1881 – 1882 · 1 yr
Clerk
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
1874 – present · 152 yrs
Private practice
New York City and Washington, D.C.
1874 – 1881 · 7 yrs
Private secretary, U.S. Agent J. C. Bancroft Davis, Joint High Commission
Geneva, Switzerland
1872 – present · 154 yrs
Private secretary
Secretary of State Hamilton Fish
1872 – 1873 · 1 yr
Clerk
U.S. Department of State
1870 – 1872 · 2 yrs
