OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 9, 1782
Exeter, New Hampshire

DIED:
June 17, 1866 (age 83)
Detroit, Michigan

EDUCATION:
Exeter Academy 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1799:
Taught in Wilmington, Delaware 
1801:
Moved to the Northwest Territory,
Lived on a farm in Zanesville, Ohio 
1802:
Admitted to the Ohio Bar 
1806
Member of the Ohio House of Representative
1807-1812:
U.S. Marshal for the District of Ohio
1812-1814:
U.S. Army 
1813-1831:
Governor of the Michigan Territory 
1831-1836:
U.S. Secretary of War 
1836-1842:
U.S.  Minister to France
1845-1848:
U.S. Senator from Michigan
1848:
Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for President 
1849-1857:
U.S. Senator from Michigan 
1854:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate
1857-1860:
U.S. Secretary of State 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Detroit Historical Society
Ohio History Central
U.S. Army Center on Military History
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
University of Michigan 

PORTRAITS: