Private practice
Land commissioner, Florida
Virginia militia lieutenant, 1812-1814
Land commissioner, Louisiana, 1812-
U.S. attorney for the District of the Territory of Mississippi, 1814-
U.S. attorney for the District of Alabama, 1817-1824
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1824-1826
Private practice, St. Stephens, Alabama
Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Alabama
State senator, Alabama, 1825-1826