Private practice, New Bromley, New Jersey, 1769-1772
Private practice, Princeton and Somerset County, New Jersey, 1772-1776
Assistant secretary and secretary, New Jersey Provincial Congress, 1775, 1776
Delegate, New Jersey constitutional convention, 1776
Member, New Jersey Legislative Council, 1776-1777
Somerset County [New Jersey] Battalion of Minutemen officer, 1777
Member, New Jersey Council of Safety, 1777
Attorney general, State of New Jersey, 1776-1783
Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1783-1789
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
U.S. senator from New Jersey, 1789-1790
Governor and chancellor, New Jersey, 1790-1793
Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, February 27, 1793; nomination withdrawn by president, February 28, 1793
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Southern Circuit, Spring 1793, Fall 1796, Fall 1799
Middle Circuit, Fall 1793, Spring 1795-Fall 1795, Spring 1797-Fall 1797, Spring 1799, Fall 1800
Eastern Circuit, Spring 1794-Fall 1794, Spring 1798-Fall 1798, Fall 1799-Fall 1800
Third Circuit, April 29, 1802-March 2, 1803
Second Circuit, March 3, 1803-September 9, 1806