Private practice, Savannah, Georgia, -1798, 1798-1804, 1811-1814, 1821-1822, 1825-1826
State representative, Georgia, 1798, 1807-1808, 1814
State senator, Georgia, 1809-1810, 1824-1825, 1827
Alderman, Savannah, Georgia, 1804-1808, 1809-1811, 1815-1818, 1822-1823
Mayor, Savannah, Georgia, 1807
U.S. attorney for the District of Georgia, -1819
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 1828-1829