OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 4, 1793
Belmont, Goochland County, Virginia

DIED:
March 25, 1869 (age 75)
St. Louis, Missouri

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
National Republican (1825–1834)
Whig (1834–1854)
American (1854–1860)
Republican (1860–1869)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1812:
Acted as Sergeant in a volunteer brigade during the War of 1812
1814:
Moved to St. Louis, Missouri
1817:
Admitted to the Bar
1818:
Circuit Prosecuting Attorney
1820:
Member of the Missouri State Constitutional Convention
1820:
State’s Attorney
1821-1826:
U.S. District Attorney
1822:
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
1827-1829:
U.S. House of Representatives
1830:
Member of the Missouri State Senate
1834:
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
1850:
Declined appointment as Secretary of War to President Millard Fillmore
1853-1856:
Judge, St. Louis Land Court
1856:
Presided at the Whig National Convention
1861-1864:
U.S. Attorney General

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

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