Judge:
Mackinac County, Michigan (Justice of the Peace);
1831 to 18??
U.S. Representative:
Territorial Delegate to Congress, Wisconsin Territory;
10/30/1848 to 03/03/1849
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Historical Society (Charter Member and President, 1879);
1849 to 1891
U.S. Representative:
Territorial Delegate to Congress, Minnesota Territory;
07/07/1849 to 03/03/1853
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota (Regent, One of the First Ones);
1851 to 185?
Territorial Democratic Constitutional Convention:
6th Council District, Minnesota Territory (President);
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
[Elected]
State Governor:
Minnesota;
05/24/1858 to 01/02/1860
[Elected]
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota (Regent);
1860 to 1869
Military:
Minnesota Military Forces (Dakota Wars of 1862, Minnesota's Military Commander);
1862 to 18??
Military:
Union Army (United States Civil War, Defense of the Frontier Against Indian Tribes, Colonel, Brigadier General of Volunteers, Brevetted Major General);
09/1862 to 08/1866
U.S. Executive Branch:
Mixed Civil and Military Commission to Negotiate Treaties with the Hostile Sioux Indians (Fort Sully);
08/1866 to 186?
School Board/Administration:
St. Paul, Minnesota (Board of Education);
1868 to 1870
Board of Regents:
University of Minnesota (President of the Board of Regents);
1876 to 1891
U.S. Executive Branch:
Commission to Settle Damage Claims of the Ojibway Indians Due to Reservoir Construction (President);
1883 to 18??
[Appointed]