OVERVIEW:

BORN:
February 20, 1803
New York, NY

DIED:
June 26, 1881
New York, NY

EDUCATION:
Washington College (Pennsylvania)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1854)
Republican (1854-1881)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1846-1851:
Attorney General of Ohio 
1853-1866:
Attorney in Private Practice 
1866-1868:
U.S. Attorney General 
April 16, 1866:
Nominated by President Andrew Johnson to serve as an Associated Justice of the Supreme Court,
July 1866:
Supreme Court nomination was nullified when Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act, which reduced the size of the Supreme Court.
1868: 
Chief Counsel to President Johnson in Impeachment Case 

RESOURCES:
Department of Justice
Harpweek
Wikipedia

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