OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 28, 1787
Millstone, New Jersey

DIED:
April 12, 1862 (age 75)
New Brunswick, New Jersey

EDUCATION:
Princeton University (BA, 1804)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1829)
National Republican (1829–1834)
Whig (1834–1854)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1808:
Admitted to the Bar.
Began Practicing Law in Newark, New Jersey 
1812:
Served as Captain of Volunteer Militia in War of 1812
1817-1829:
Attorney General of New Jersey 
1829-1835:
U.S. Senator from New Jersey,
Anti-Jacksonian
1837-1838:
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
1839-1850:
Chancellor of New York University
1844:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Vice President 
1850-1862:
President of Rutgers University 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Rutgers University
Wikipedia