OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 27, 1809
Paris Hill, Maine

DIED:
July 4, 1891
Bangor, Maine

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat (Until 1856)
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1833-1848:
Attorney 
1836-1841, 1847:
Member, Maine House of Representatives
1837, 1839, 1840:
Speaker of Maine House of Representatives
1840:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives 
1843-1847:
U.S. House of Representatives 
1846:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the U.S. Senate 
1848-1857:
U.S. Senator 
1856:
Left Democratic Party
1857:
Governor of Maine 
1857-1861:
U.S. Senator 
1861-1865:
Vice President of the United States
1865-1866:
Collector of the Port of Boston 
1869-1881:
U.S. Senator 
1881-1882:
US Minister to Spain

RESOURCES:
Senate Historical Office
Biographical Directory of Congress
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia