OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan

BORN:
March 31, 1794
New Castle, Delaware

DIED:
July 9, 1852 (age 58)
Reading, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Washington and Jefferson College (BA, 1810)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Anti-Masonic (Before 1842)
Whig (1842–1852)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1814:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Washington, Pennsylvania
1815-1816:
Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1831-1839
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania,
Elected as Anti-Masonic Candidate
1842-1843
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania,
Elected as a Whig
August 15, 1850-September 12, 1850:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior 
1848:
President of the Pennsylvania Electoral College
September 12, 1850:
Resigned as Secretary of the Interior,
Became President of Hempfield Railroad (now the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia