OVERVIEW:
BORN:
June 9, 1809;
Culpeper County, Virginia
DIED:
February 9, 1900;
Terre Haute, Indiana
POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig,
Know Nothing,
Constitutional Union,
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1831:
Moved to Louisville, Kentucky;
Clerked in a Store;
Moved to Lawrence County, Indiana
1834:
Admitted to Indiana Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Bedford, Indiana
1834-1836:
IN State House of Representatives
1836-1838:
IN State Senate
1841-1843
U.S. House of Representatives
1843:
Moved to Terre Haute, IN
1846-1847:
City Attorney for Terre Haute, IN
1847-1849:
U.S. House of Representatives
1861-1865:
Commander of Camp Thompson, IN., and Provost Marshal
1867-1869:
Judge of the Fifth Indiana Circuit Court
1868, 1876:
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
1877-1880:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1881:
Chairman of the American Committee of the Panama Canal Co.
1881-1888:
Director of the Panama Railroad Company
BIOGRAPHIES:
U.S. Navy
UVA Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
PORTRAITS:
