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* State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
* State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
* Elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1891), but defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890.
* Elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891), but defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890.
* Chairman of the powerful [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress, elected in 1888)
* Chairman of the powerful [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress, elected in 1888)
* Elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1913)
* Elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913)
* Poewerful chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
* Poewerful chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
* Received fifty-eight honorific votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at Chicago in 1908
* Received fifty-eight honorific votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at Chicago in 1908
* Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress
* Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress
* Again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923)
* Again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923)
* Was featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.
* Was featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.
* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery
* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery