OVERVIEW:

BORN:
January 8, 1791
Troy, New York

DIED:
November 9, 1865 (age 74)
Woodstock, Vermont

EDUCATION:
University of Vermont (1810)

POLITCAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1854)
Republican (1854–1865)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1813:
Admitted to the Bar
1813-1833:
Practiced Law in Woodstock, Vermont
1820-1824:
State’s Attorney for Windsor County, Vermont
1821, 1822, 1827. 1828:
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
1833-1842:
Judge, Vermont Superior Court
1843-1849:
Member of of U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont,
Whig
1849-1850:
U.S. Postmaster General
1850-1854:
Judge, Vermont Superior Court
1855-1865:
U.S. Senator from Vermont,
Republican 

RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Architect of the Capitol
Biographical Directory of Congress 
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia