OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 9, 1746,
West Hartford, Connecticut

DIED:
January 24, 1813 (age 66)
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Yale College 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1766:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Great Barrington, Mass
1776:
Served in the Expedition Against Canada during the Revolutionary War
1780, 1782-1783:
Member, Mass State House of Representatives
1784-1785:
Massachusetts State Senator
1785, 1786, 1788:
Member. Continental Congress
1787-1788:
Member/ Speaker, Mass State House of Representatives,
1788:
Delegate to the Mass State Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution
1789-1796:
Member. U.S. House of Representatives
1796-1799:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 
1798-1799:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate 
1799-1801:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1802-1813:
Judge, Supreme Court of Massachusetts 

RESOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia