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OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 29, 1750/1751,
Dracut, Massachusetts
DIED:
September 21, 1821,
Dracut, Massachusetts
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1780-1785:
Member, Mass. House of Representatives
1786-1795:
Member, Mass. State Senate
1788:
Delegate to the State Convention to Ratify the Federal Constitution
1795-1811:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1807-1811:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1811-1817:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
1813-1814:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate
SOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
PORTRAIT:
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