OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 22, 1800
Nashville, Tennessee

DIED:
December 17, 1859 (age 59)
Paducah, Kentucky

POLITICAL PARTY:
Jacksonian
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1827-1832:
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
1835-1837:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky,
Jacksonian  
1839-1855:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky,
Democrat 
1851-1855:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 
1859:
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia