• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1837 – 1865 · 28 yrsAppointed by Andrew Jackson

Career

• Private practice

  1834 – 1837 · 3 yrs

• chief justice

  1831 – 1834 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals

  1824 – 1834 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1818 – 1824 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1815 – 1818 · 3 yrs

• Prosecutor

  1815 – 1818 · 3 yrs

• Soldier under Andrew Jackson

  1812 – present · 214 yrs