OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 29, 1780, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DIED:
July 30, 1859
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist (Before 1830)
National Republican (1830–1834)
Democratic (1834–1859)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1800-1811:
Attorney
1811:
Pennsylvania Attorney General 
1811:
Comptroller of the Treasury 
1814-1817:
U.S. Attorney General
1817:
Acting Secretary of State 
1817-1825:
U.S. Minister to  Great Britain 
1825-1829:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1847-1849:
U.S. Minister to France

RESOURCES: 
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT: