U.S. Army, 1862-1865
Special agent, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1865-1869
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1869-1870, 1874-1885, 1891
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of California, 1870-1874
Attorney, California State Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1880-1883
U.S. representative from California, 1885-1891