US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1827 to 1830, Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1830 to 1837, Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court from 1845 to 1853, Delegate to Georgia Secession Convention in 1861, and Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861.