U.S. Army corporal and second lieutenant, 1861-1865
Private practice, Winchester, Indiana, 1866-1869
Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1869-1892
Assistant district attorney, Marion County, Indiana, 1872-1873
State representative, Indiana, 1878-1879
U.S. representative from Indiana, 1881-1884
Faculty, George Washington University Law School, 1901-1911