OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 16, 1760,
Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), New Jersey 

DIED:
October 9, 1824,
Elizabethtown. New Jersey

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton),
Studied Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1776-1783:
Served in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
1786-1787, 1790:
Served in New Jersey State General Assembly
1790:
Speaker of New Jersey State General Assembly
1787:
Delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,
Signed Constitution 
1787-1788:
Delegate to the Continental Congress
1790:
Member, State Council
1791-1799:
Member, House of Representatives
1795-1799:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1799-1805:
U.S. Senator
1807:
Arrested on charge of conspiring with Aaron Burr in treasonable activities,
Later released and not brought to trial
1814-1815:
Member, New Jersey State Assembly

RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
National Archives
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Wikipedia

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