Confederate Army major, 1862-1865
Planter, Montgomery, Alabama, 1865-1868
Editor, Montgomery [Alabama] Daily Picayune, 1868
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1868-
Reporter of decisions, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1870-1880
State representative, Alabama, 1884-1888; speaker, 1886-1888
Governor, Alabama, 1890-1894