Private practice, Caruthersville, Missouri, 1891-1892
City attorney, Caruthersville, Missouri, 1892-1893
Prosecutor, Pemiscot County, Missouri, 1893-1899
President, Bank of Caruthersville, Missouri, 1898-1910
State representative, 36th General Assembly, Missouri
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1910-1912
Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1912-1919