OVERVIEW:
BORN:
March 26, 1740,
Lebanon, Connecticut
DIED:
August 7, 1809,
Lebanon, Connecticut
EDUCATION:
Harvard College (1859)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1774-1775, 1779-1780, 1788:
Member, Connecticut State Legislature,
Speaker of the House (1788)
1775-1778:
Served in Continental Army as Paymaster
1778-1779:
Comptroller of the Treasury
1781:
Appointed Secretary and aide-de-camp to General George Washington,
1789-1795:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1791-1793:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1795-1796:
U.S. Senator
1796-1797:
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
1797-1809:
Governor of Connecticut
RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Historical Highlight (U.S. House)
Biographical Directory of Congress
CT Historical Society
Wikipedia