[4] After being admitted to the bar he joined the practice of William T. Smith until 1852.
[2] During the Civil War, his brother joined the military, the firm was renamed "Seevers and Williams".
[2] Later, after the dissolution of that firm, he partnered with M. E. Cutts until Seevers joined the State Supreme Court.
[1][2][4] In 1873, he was chosen to be a Code Commissioner to revise the laws of Iowa.
[4] In 1875, he was re-elected to the Iowa House, but resigned shortly after to accept appointment to the State Supreme Court.
[2] Seevers died in 1895 in his home in Oskaloosa of a stroke and was buried in Forest Cemetery.