Private practice, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1798-1803, 1808-1809, 1811-1812, 1817-1827, 1833-1851
Secretary of state, State of Ohio, 1803-1808
U.S. attorney for the District of Ohio, 1809-1811
U.S. representative from Ohio, 1813-1817, 1827-1828, 1829-1833
President, Chillicothe [Ohio] Branch Bank, Bank of the United States, 1817
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio, December 11, 1828; no Senate vote