• District Court, D. New Jersey

  Judge

  1840 – 1841 · 1 yrAppointed by Martin Van Buren

Career

• Secretary of the U.S. Navy

  1834 – 1838 · 4 yrs

• Vice-president

  New Jersey State Council

  1833 – present · 193 yrs

• U.S. senator from New Jersey

  1817 – 1833 · 16 yrs

• Governor

  New Jersey

  1815 – 1817 · 2 yrs

• Justice

  Supreme Court of New Jersey

  1813 – 1815 · 2 yrs

• Reporter

  Supreme Court of New Jersey

  1813 – 1814 · 1 yr

• State assemblyman

  New Jersey

  1811 – 1813 · 2 yrs

• Miner/iron manufacturer

  1810 – 1853 · 43 yrs

• City recorder

  1808 – 1810 · 2 yrs

• Adjutant-general for Pennsylvania

  1805 – 1808 · 3 yrs

• Commissioner of bankruptcy

  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1802 – present · 224 yrs

• Member

  Philadelphia Pennsylvania Common Council

  1799 – present · 227 yrs

• Private practice

  1797 – 1810 · 13 yrs

• Private practice

  1794 – 1796 · 2 yrs

• New Jersey Detached Militia private

  Second Regiment of Cavalry

  1794 – present · 232 yrs

• Private practice

  1793 – 1794 · 1 yr