Private secretary, U.S. Rep. Pat Harrison, Mississippi, 1911-1914
Private practice, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1914-1927
U.S. Army pilot, Air Service, World War I
State representative, Mississippi, 1924
Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1930-1940
State`s attorney, Second Judicial Circuit, Florida, 1932
State representative, Florida, 1933-1934
U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel