Founder/editor, The Western Star, 1807-1812
Private practice, Lebanon, Ohio, 1807-1812
Examiner, U.S. Congressional Land Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1811-1812
U.S. representative from Ohio, 1813-1816
Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1816-1822
Commissioner, U.S. Land Office, 1822-1823
Postmaster general of the United States, 1823-1829
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, ca. May 4, 1829-April 4, 1861