- Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 12 December 1906-19 November 1910. Resigned from office owing to ill health.
- U.S. Congressional representative from Massachusetts, 5 November 1895-1 May 1902. First elected in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman William Cogswell; resigned from office to become secretary of the Navy.
- U.S. secretary of the Navy, 1 May 1902-1 July 1904; resigned to become US attorney general.
- Inducted into the Haverhill [Massachusetts] Citizens Hall of Fame.
- Prosecuting attorney in the case of axe-murder suspect Lizzie Andrew Borden.
- U.S. attorney general, 1 July 1904-12 December 1906; resigned to become associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Moody (DD-277) was named in his honor; in service1919-1930.
- Interred in South Byfield Cemetery, Georgetown, Massachusetts.
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