• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1799 – 1804 · 5 yrsAppointed by John Adams

Career

• Judge

  North Carolina Superior Court

  1798 – present · 228 yrs

• Member

  North Carolina House of Commons

  1792 – present · 234 yrs

• Private practice

  1782 – 1798 · 16 yrs

• State senator

  North Carolina

  1782 – present · 244 yrs

• Attorney general

  State of North Carolina

  1782 – 1791 · 9 yrs

• North Carolina Militia colonel

  1777 – 1782 · 5 yrs

• Continental Army officer

  First North Carolina Regiment

  1775 – 1777 · 2 yrs