State Legislator (Not Minnesota):
Illinois House of Representatives;
1845 to 1847
[Elected]
County Government:
Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Register of Deeds);
1847 to 1849
[Appointed]
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Land Office, Dixon, Illinois (Receiver);
1849 to 185?
[Appointed]
Territorial Republican Constitutional Convention:
11th Council District, Minnesota Territory;
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
[Elected]
U.S. Representative:
2nd Congressional District or At Large, Minnesota;
03/04/1859 to 03/03/1863
[Elected]
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Examiner of Claims for Indemnity of Those Who had Suffered from the Sioux War of 1862 (Commissioner, Appointed by President Abraham Lincoln);
1863 to 18??
[Appointed]
Municipal Board/Commission:
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Town Board of Supervisors, Chair);
1865 to 18??
[Elected]
Postmaster:
Minneapolis, Minnesota;
09/11/1867 to 04/15/1871
[Appointed]