Private practice, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1933-1955
Chancellor, Tennessee Chancery Court, First Judicial District, 1939-1940
U.S. Army major, Air Corps, 1942-1945
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, August 19, 1954; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, November 16, 1954; no Senate vote
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