OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 17, 1770,
Hanover, New Jersey

DIED:
October 5, 1853,
Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1793:
Admitted to the New Jersey Bar
1794:
Served in New Jersey militia during Whiskey Rebellion
1797:
Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Admitted to Practice Law in PA
1802:
Pennsylvania State Commissioner of Bankruptcy
1805-1808:
Adjutant General of Philadelphia
1808-1810:
Recorder of the City of Philadelphia
1810:
Moved to Morris County, New Jersey
1811-1813:
Member, New Jersey State General Assembly
1813-1814:
Law Recorder of the New Jersey Supreme Court
1813-1815:
Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
1815-1817:
Governor of New Jersey
1817-1833
U.S. Senator
1834-1838:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy 
1840-1841:
U.S. District Court Judge for New Jersey
1844:
Delegate to NJ State Constitutional Convention
1846-1847:
President, American Institute

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
New Jersey Historical Society
U.S. Navy
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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