Reporter, Douglas County [Wisconsin] Superior Court, 1893-1906
Private practice, Superior, Wisconsin, 1898-
State representative, Wisconsin, 1901-1907; speaker, 1903-1907
U.S. representative from Wisconsin, 1909-1918
U.S. senator from Wisconsin, 1918-1927
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1927-1929
Nominated to U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, February 14, 1929; no Senate vote