OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 24, 1749, 
New Haven, Connecticut

DIED:
October 31, 1822 (age 73),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Yale University (1766),
Studied Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1773:
Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar,
Traveled to London to study law at the Middle Temple
1778:
Began Practicing law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
1780-1781:
Member of the Continental Congress
1787:
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention 
1789:
Member of the Philadelphia Common Council
1790-1799
First Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1798-1801:
City Solicitor for Philadelphia 
1800-1801:
U.S. District Attorney for Pennsylvania
1811-1817:
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1812:
Unsuccessful Federalist Candidate for Vice President of the United States
1821-1822
Presiding Judge of the Philadelphia District Court 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
National Archives
University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Army Center on Military History 
Wikipedia

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