OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 12, 1823;
Charleston, South Carolina

DIED:
February 27, 1884 (age 60)
Saint Petersburg, Russia

EDUCATION:
Hopkins Grammar School, 
Yale University

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1844:
Admitted to Louisiana Bar
1844-1878:
Practiced Law in New Orleans, Louisiana 
1876:
Attorney General of Louisiana
1878-1881:
Judge of the U.S. Court of Claims
1881-1882:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1882-1884:
U.S. Minister to Russia

RESOURCES:
U.S Navy 
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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