OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 24, 1809
Stratham, New Hampshire

DIED:
January 2, 1891 (age 81)
Manchester, New Hampshire

EDUCATION:
Attended Union College 
Dartmouth College (BA, 1834)
Read Law (1836)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1837:
Admitted to the Bar
1837-1839:
Practiced Law in Epping, New Hampshire,
1842-1843:
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1846:
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1854-1855:
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1857-1866:
U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
1864-1865:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate 
1866-1891:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire 
1876:
President of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Wikipedia