OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 28, 1786,
Smyrna, Delaware

DIED:
October 7, 1857
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

EDUCATION:
Newark College (now the University of Delaware)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist (before 1825)
Jacksonian (1825–1837)
Democratic (1837–1857)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1798:-1801
U.S. Navy 
1807:
Admitted to the Delaware Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Smyrna, Delaware
1812:
Served in Military during the War of 1812
1817-1827
U.S. House of Representatives 
1822-1827:
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee
1827-1829:
U.S. Senator from Delaware
1829-1831:
U.S. Minister to England
1831-1833:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1833-1834:
U.S. Secretary of State
1837-1847:
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. 
1845-1846:
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 
1850:
Delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Maryland State Archives
Wikipedia

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