OVERVIEW:

BORN:
February 6, 1818;
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:  
February 28, 1901;
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Boston Latin School, 
Yale College (1837)
Harvard Law School

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1841:
Admitted to New York Bar
1849-1853:
Assistant U.S. District Attorney
1861:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
1867-1868:
Member, State Constitutional Convention
1868-1869
U.S. Attorney General 
1868:
Chief Counsel for President Andrew Johnson in Impeachment Proceedings
1872:
Counsel for the United States before the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzerland
1876:
Counsel for President Rutherford Hayes before the Electoral Commission 
1877-1881:
U.S. Secretary of State
1881:
Delegate, International Monetary Conference in Paris
1885-1891:
U.S Senate (R-NY)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Department of Justice
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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