OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 14, 1806
Ogdensburg, New York

DIED:
November 12, 1865 (age 59)
New York Harbor, New York City, New York

EDUCATION:
Union College (1827)
Studied Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
Free Soil
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1830:
Established the S. Lawrence Republican 
1831-1834:
Postmaster of Ogdensburg, New York 
1835-1838:
Member of the New York State Assembly 
1843-1847:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)
1849-1853:
U.S. House of Representatives (Free Soil-NY)
1857-1863:
U.S. Senator (R-NY)
1864:
Republican Presidential Elector 
1865:
Served as Advisor/ Chief of Staff to President Andrew Johnson 
Appointed Collector of the Port of New York
November 12, 1865:
Died by Suicide when he leaped from a ferryboat in New York Harbor, New York 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia