Private practice, Beaver, Oklahoma, 1915-1920
County attorney, Beaver County, Oklahoma, 1918-1920
Private practice, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1920-1956
Member, Guymon [Oklahoma] Board of Education, 1924-1932
City attorney, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1928-1938
State senator, Oklahoma, 1931-1934
Candidate for governor, Oklahoma, 1938
U.S. representative from Oklahoma, 1941-1949
Solicitor, U.S. Post Office Department, 1953
Assistant secretary of agriculture, 1953-1954
Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, 1955-1956