OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 16, 1772,
Dumfries, Virginia

DIED:
August 9, 1830
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Columbia University 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1808-1809:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1812-1814:
Served in U.S. Army during the War of 1812
1814-1816:
Chief of Clerk of the War Department 
1816-1817:
Acting U.S. Secretary of War
1819-1823:
President of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States
1823-1830:
Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office  

SOURCES
UVA Miller Center
Texas State Historical Association
Wikipedia