OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 19, 1802
Cornwall, Vermont

DIED:
March 28, 1866 (age 63)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Middlebury College (1826)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1854)
Republican (from 1854)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1826-1831:
School Teacher 
1831:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Rutland, Vermont 
1833:
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
1837-1839:
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
1837-1839:
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1847-1849:
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
1836-1842:
Prosecuting Attorney for Rutland County, Vermont
1843-1847:
U.S. House of Representatives (Whig-VT)
1851-1856:
U.S. Senator from Vermont
1861–1864:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate 

RESOURCES:
U.S. Senate
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia