He was a deputy prosecuting attorney of Skagit County, Washington from 1921 to 1924.

He was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Alaska Territory from 1926 to 1929.

He was an associate justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1959 to 1960.

[1] Hodge was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 14, 1960, to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, to a new seat created by 72 Stat.

His service was terminated on July 12, 1975, due to his death.