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of 1813, but an unlooked for event detained him for a year — Being in his native county of Goochland, a sudden call was made for volunteers to march for Norfolk, to repel an apprehended attack by the British fleet, and he joined a company in February, marched to Norfolk, and served to October of that year, as private, corporal, and sergeant successively. The next spring he left out for St. Louis. He came to the bar in the Winter of 1816-'17, and practiced with as a beginner. In 1853, he was elected Judge of the Land Court of St. Louis county, and after serving in the office about three years he resigned, and returned again to the practice of law. He acted as President of the River and Harbor Improvement Convention, which sat at Chicago, and in 1852 acted as President of the Whig National Convention which met at Baltimore. In 1850, he was appointed by President Fillmore and confirmed by the Senate Secretary of War, but declined the appointment for personal and domestic reasons.