• District Court, D. Louisiana

  Judge

  1866 – 1874 · 8 yrs

• District Court, E.D. Louisiana

  Judge

  1864 – 1866 · 2 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

Career

• Private practice

  1875 – 1887 · 12 yrs

• Senate returned nomination to president

  February 3

  1864 – present · 162 yrs

• Mayor

  1863 – present · 163 yrs

• President, Bureau of Finance

  1862 – 1863 · 1 yr

• Member, City Council

  1854 – present · 172 yrs

• Private practice, Pittsburgh, Mississippi

  1835 – 1854 · 19 yrs

Education