OVERVIEW:

BORN:
July 17, 1744,
Marblehead, Massachusetts

DIED:
November 23, 1814 (age 70),
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (1762)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1762:
Joined his father and brothers in family business exporting dried codfish to Barbados and Spain
1772-1774:
Served in Colonial Legislature 
1774-1176:
Attended First and Second Provincial Congresses
1776-1780:
Member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts
1783-1785:
Member of the  Continental Congress from Massachusetts 
1787:
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,
Refused to sign Constitution but eventually supported it
1789-1793:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1797:
Sent to France on diplomatic mission 
1801:
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
1810-1811:
Governor of Massachusetts
1812:
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts 
1813-1814
Vice President of the United States until his death 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate Historical Office
National Archives
Wikipedia

ARTICLES:
A Founding Father in Dissent (National Archives, 2006)
Namesake of Gerrymandering (Washington Post, 11/9/2021)

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