OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 21, 1811;
Paris, Maine

DIED:
May 20, 1897 (age 85)
Washington, DC

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1830:
Published Jeffersonian in Paris, Maine, with Hannibal Hamlin
1833:
Moved Jeffersonian to Portland, Maine 
1839:
Appointed Clerk, Post Office Department
1854:
Appointed Assistant Postmaster General
1861:
U.S. Postmaster General
1867:
Toured Europe
1875-1876:
Toured Europe
1878:
Published Sketches of Travel: or, Twelve Months in Europe
1881:
Secretary, Washington Monument Society
1895:
Published Turning on the Light 

RESOURCES:
Library of Congress
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia