OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 10, 1775, 
Orange County, Virginia

DIED:
June 7, 1842 (age 66)
Barboursville, Virginia

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democratic-Republican
National Republican/ Anti-Jacksonian 
Whig 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1793:
Admitted to the Bar in Orange County, Virginia
1798-1804:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1807-1812:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1809-1812:
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
1811:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Virginia 
1812-1814:
Governor of Virginia
1815-1825:
U.S. Senator from Virginia
1819:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate
1825-1828:
U.S. Secretary of War
1828-1829:
U.S. Minister to England
1831:
Chairman of the National Republican Party Convention that nominated Henry Clay for President
1839:
Chairman of the Whig National Party Convention that nominated William Henry Harrison for President 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Encyclopedia Virginia
Library of Virginia
U.S. Army Center on Military History
Wikipedia

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