OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 17, 1776
Abbeville County, South Carolina

DIED:
June 26, 1857 (age 80)
Columbia, South Carolina

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1797:
Admitted to the South Carolina Bar,
Began practicing law in Charleston, South Carolina 
1802:
City Alderman in Charleston, South Carolina 
1802-1804:
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
1806-1808:
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
1808-1810:
Attorney General of South Carolina 
1810-1815:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1814-1815:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 
1816-1819:
South Carolina Associate Justice of Law and Appeal
1819-1823:
President of the Second Bank of the United States 

SOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
South Carolina Encyclopedia
Wikipedia 

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