• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1796 – 1800 · 4 yrsAppointed by George Washington

Career

• Member

  Connecticut Governor's Council

  1801 – 1807 · 6 yrs

• Minister plenipotentiary to France

  U.S. Department of State

  1799 – 1800 · 1 yr

• U.S. senator from Connecticut

  1789 – 1796 · 7 yrs

• Delegate

  Federal Constitutional Convention

  1787 – present · 239 yrs

• Member

  Connecticut Governor's Council

  1784 – 1785 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Connecticut Superior Court

  1784 – 1789 · 5 yrs

• Member

  Connecticut Council of Safety

  1779 – present · 247 yrs

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1778 – 1783 · 5 yrs

• State's attorney

  1777 – 1785 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1775 – 1784 · 9 yrs

• State representative

  Connecticut

  1773 – 1775 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1771 – 1775 · 4 yrs