OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 20, 1779
Carlisle, Pennsylvania,

DIED:
June 23, 1865 (age 85)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Dickinson College (1802)
Read Law (1801)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Jacksonian Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1801:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1810:
Assisted in organizing the Pittsburgh Manufacturing Co.
1816-1819:
President of the Pittsburgh Common Council 
1819-1820:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1821-1824:
Judge, Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania 
1824-1831:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 
1826:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
1831-1834:
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (Jacksonian)
1834-1835:
U.S. Minister to Russia
1843-1844:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1843-1844:
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
1844-1845:
U.S. Secretary of War
1855-1857:
Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate 
1862:
Major General of the Pennsylvania Home Guards

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Dickinson College
Pennsylvania State Senate
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times

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