He was employed in the collection of internal revenue 1812-1815.

In the Grant administration, he became the district collector of internal revenue.

He then held a few positions in internal revenue and was placed on the state board of agriculture.

For five consecutive years, its internal revenue within local budget ranks third.

He also was the supervisor of internal revenue for Tennessee.

From 1942 to 1944, he was collector of internal revenue.

He was collector of internal revenue at Rochester from 1877 to 1882.

He served as assessor of internal revenue from 1868 to 1871.

He was the state collector of internal revenue from 1919 to 1921.

While he was in office, annual internal revenue declined from 511,000 to 506,000.