U.S. Army, Thirty-Ninth Regular Wisconsin Infantry, 1864-1865
Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1865-1866
Private practice, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1866-1867
Judge, Circuit Court of Arkansas, Second Judicial Circuit, 1867-1871
Special chief justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1869
Private practice, Ouray, Colorado, 1877-
Lieutenant governor, Colorado, 1891-