OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 1, 1792
Suffield, Connecticut

DIED:
August 31, 1868 (aged 75)
Canandaigua, New York

EDUCATION:
Yale University (1811)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (before 1828)
National Republican (1828–1834)
Whig (1834–1860)
Constitutional Union (1860-1861)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1814:
Moved to Canandaigua, New York
1816:
Admitted to the New York Bar.
Began Practicing Law in Canandaigua, New York
1826-1828, 1830, 1832:
Member of the New York State Assembly 
1828:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York
1830, 1832:
Unsuccessful Candidate of the National Republicans for Governor of New York
1830:
Delegate to the Anti-Masonic NAtional Convention in Philadelphia
1835-1837:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives,
Elected to the House as an Anti-Jacksonian
1836:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Election to the House of Representatives, 
Unsuccessful Whig and Anti-Masonic Candidate for Vice President
1839-1841:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives,
Elected to the House as a Whig
March 6-September 18, 1841;
U.S. Postmaster General
1841-1843:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1861:
Member of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC to attempt to prevent the Civil War 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of  Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Wikipedia

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