• United States Court of Claims

  Judge

  1863 – 1870 · 7 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

• United States Court of Claims

  Judge

  1861 – 1863 · 2 yrsAppointed by Abraham Lincoln

Career

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1871 – 1879 · 8 yrs

• Professor

  National University

  1871 – 1879 · 8 yrs

• Reporter of decisions

  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

  1856 – 1861 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1855 – 1861 · 6 yrs

• Commissioner

  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1855 – present · 171 yrs

• Private practice

  1851 – 1855 · 4 yrs

• U.S. representative from Pennsylvania

  1849 – 1851 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1845 – 1849 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1838 – 1845 · 7 yrs