Private practice, Savannah, Georgia
Recorder, Savannah, Georgia
State representative, Georgia
Solicitor, Eastern Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1821-1822
Judge, Savannah [Georgia] City Court, 1824-1834, 1835-1838
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 1834-1835
Mayor, Savannah, Georgia,
Confederate district attorney, District of Georgia, 1861-1863