Planter and private practice, Charles City County, Virginia
Continental Army, 1775
State delegate, Virginia, 1777-1788; speaker, 1781-1784
Judge, Virginia High Court of Admiralty, 1776-1788
Member, Virginia Council of State, 1780-1781
Vice-president, convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788
Judge, General Court of Virginia, 1788-
Governor, Virginia, 1808-1811