OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 30, 1802
Greene County, Georgia

DIED:
November 21, 1869 (age 67)
Wetumpka, Alabama

EDUCATION:

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1815:
Moved to Alabama with his brother 
1821:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Montgomery, Alabama
1822-1823:
Solicitor of the Montgomery Circuit
1829:
Moved to a plantation in Autauga County
1841-1845:
Governor of Alabama
1848-1849:
U.S. Senator from Alabama
1853-1861:
U.S. Senator from Alabama 
December 7, 1857- February 26, 1860:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate 
June 16. 1860-December 2, 1860:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate
1865:
President of the Constitutional Convention in Alabama 

RESOURCES: 
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia