OVERVIEW:
BORN:
June 10, 1753,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DIED:
February 6, 1825 (age 71),
Boston, Massachusett
EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, 1772),
Studied Medicine
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1775-1783:
Served in Continental Army during Revolutionary War as a surgeon
1786-1787:
Served as a surgeon in the expedition sent to suppress Shay’s Rebellion
1788-1794:
Member, Massachusetts State House of Representatives
1801-1805:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1804:
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives
1809-1813:
U.S. Secretary of War
1814-1818:
U.S. Minister to the Netherlands
1820-1823:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1823-1825:
Governor of Massachusetts
SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Wikipedia