OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 15, 1749
Hingham, Massachusetts

DIED:
April 14, 1820 (age 70)
Worcester, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University,
Studied Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1775:|
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Worcester, Massachusetts 
1775-1781:
Member of the Committee of Public Safety,
Clerk of the Court and Probate Judge for Worcester County
1779:
Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention 
1781:
Elected to Continental Congress and Declined to Serve 
1796:
Member of the Mass. State House of Representatives 
1797-1798:
Served in Mass. State Senate 
1800-1801:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1801:
Acting U.S. Secretary of State 
1801-1805:
U.S. Attorney General
1806:
Member of the Governor’s Council of Mass. 
1807-1808:
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1808-1809:
Acting Governor of Massachusetts,
Appointed Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by James Madison, but declined to serve
1810-1811:
Member of the Governor’s Council of Mass. 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of Justice
Wikipedia

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