Private practice, Indiana Territory, 1812-1813
First clerk and recorder, Washington County, Indiana Territory, 1813
Clerk, Indiana Territorial Legislature, 1813
Judge, Circuit Court of Indiana Territory, First Judicial Circuit, 1814-1815
State representative and speaker of the house, Indiana, 1817
Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1817-1853
Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1853-1855
Presiding Judge, Court of Claims, 1858-1859