OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 21, 1796
Annapolis, Maryland,

DIED:
February 10, 1876 (age 79)
Annapolis, Maryland

EDUCATION:
St. John’s College, Maryland (BA, 1811)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1860)
Democratic (1860–1872)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1811:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Upper Marlboro Maryland
1816-1817:
Deputy Attorney General of Maryland
1817:
Moved to Baltimore, Maryland
1817:
Appointed Chief Commission of Insolvent Debtors of Maryland
1821-1829:
Maryland State Senator
1845-1849:
U.S. Senator from Maryland,
Whig 
1849-1850:
U.S. Attorney General
1861:
Member of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC 
1863-1868:
U.S. Senator from Maryland,
Democrat 
1868-1869:
U.S. Minister to England 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of Justice
Maryland Archives
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia

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