OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 1, 1807
Greencastle, Pennsylvania

DIED:
August 30, 1880 (age 73)
Detroit, Michigan

EDUCATION:
Dickinson College (BA, 1829)

POLITICAL PARTY: 
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1832:
Admitted to the Bar in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
1833:
Moved to Monroe, Michigan
Began Practicing Law
1835:
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention for proposed state of Michigan
1837:
Member of the Board of Regents, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
Member, Michigan House of Representatives
1839:
Member, Michigan House of Representatives
1841:
Mayor of Monroe, Michigan 
1843:
Member/ Speaker, Michigan House of Representatives
1843-1849: 
U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mich.)
1850:
Delegate, Michigan State Constitutional Convention 
Member of the Board of Regents, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Delegate to the Democratic State Convention 
1851-1853:
Governor of Michigan
1853-1857:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior 
1867:
Delegate, Michigan State Constitutional Convention 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Dickinson College
Wikipedia