OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 6, 1808
Somers. Connecticut 

DIED:
August 19, 1895 (age 87)
Lake Minnewassa, New York 

EDUCATION:
Yale Law School
Yale College (BA, 1828)
Yale College (MA, 1831)
Read Law (1832)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1832:
Admitted to the Bar
1832-1837:
Practiced Law in Reading, Pennsylvania
1847-1851:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-PAY)
1857-1868:
Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1868-1870:
Practiced Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1870-1880:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Wikipedia
Oyez

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