College Graduate;
Indiana University; Law Degree; Law Department, 1835 or 1845; Admitted to the Bar, 1835 or 1845
State Legislative Staff:
Indiana Senate (Clerk of the State Senate);
1837 to 1838
State Legislative Staff:
Indiana Senate (Enrolling Secretary);
1839 to 1840
State Legislator (Not Minnesota):
Indiana House of Representatives;
1841 to 1844
Military:
United States Army, Indiana Volunteers, Indiana 3rd and 4th Regiments (Mexican War; Private; Major, June 1846; and Colonel);
1846 to 08/1849
U.S. Representative:
Indiana;
03/04/1849 to 03/03/1853
[Elected]
U.S. Executive Branch:
Minnesota Territory (Superintendent of Indian Affairs);
05/13/1853 to 04/27/1857
Territorial Government:
Minnesota Territory (Territorial Governor, Appointed by President Pierce);
05/15/1853 to 04/27/1857
[Appointed]
Territorial Democratic Constitutional Convention:
2nd Council District, Minnesota Territory;
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
[Elected]
Military:
Union Army, 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry (United States Civil War, Colonel, and Brigadier General);
1861 to 1864
Municipal Attorney:
St. Paul, Minnesota (City Attorney, Prosecutor);
1869 to 05/20/1876
[Elected]