OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 18, 1803,
Rumney, New Hampshire

DIED:
July 25, 1881 (age 77)
Cornish, Maine

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1827-1830:
Practiced law in Newfield, Maine
1830-1834:
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
1832-1834:
Speaker of the  Maine House of Representatives 
1834-1838:
Attorney General of Maine
1839-1843:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine
1846-1848:
U.S. Attorney General
1848-1849:
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico,
Arranged treaty by which California became part of the United States
1849-1857:
Practiced law in Portland, Maine 
1877:
President of the Electoral Commission 
1858-1881:
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
Congressional Quarterly
Department of Justice
Oyez
Supreme Court Historical Society
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT: