Private practice, Springfield, Missouri, 1938-1940
Administrative assistant, U.S. Rep. Philip Alan Bennett, Missouri, 1941-1942
U.S. representative from Missouri, 1943-1949
Commissioner, U.S. Court of Claims, 1949-1964
Chief trial commissioner, U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-1972
U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel, 1950-1974