Private practice, Kentucky, 1800-1801
Private practice, Orange County, Virginia, 1802-1812
State delegate, Virginia, 1812-1814
U.S. representative from Virginia, 1815-1825, 1827-1830; speaker, 1821-1823
Judge, General Court of Virginia, 1825-1827
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fifth Circuit, March 22, 1836-February 25, 1841