sentences:  In 1864 he was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and served until the close of the civil war.In 1872 he declined the nomination for governor and was a presidential elector, and in 1876 he was vice-president of the National Convention that nominated Samuel J. Tilden.In January, 1877, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, serving until 1880, when the adoption of a new constitution displaced the whole state government.