Private practice, Francestown, New Hampshire, 1812-1816
Clerk, New Hampshire State Senate, 1816-1817
Associate justice, New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, 1817-1823
Governor, New Hampshire, 1823-1824
Private practice, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1824
Speaker, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1825
U.S. senator from New Hampshire, 1825-1831, 1841-1845
State senator-elect (did not serve), New Hampshire, 1831
Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834
Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
First Circuit, ca. October 1, 1845-September 4, 1851