OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 11, 1794
Dorchester, Massachusetts

DIED:
January 15, 1865 (age 70)
Boston, Massachusetts,

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (AB, 1811)
Harvard University (AM in Divinity Studies, 1814)
University of Göttingen (PhD, 1817)

POLITICAL PARTY:
National Republican (Before 1834)
Whig (1834–1854)
Constitutional Union (1860–1864)
National Union (1864–1865)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1812-1814:
Tutor at Harvard University
1814:
Ordained Pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church in Boston
1815:
Appointed Professor of Greek Literature, Harvard University 
1815-1819:
Traveled and Studied in Europe
1819-1823:
Editor of the North American Review
1819-1825:
Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University 
1825-1835:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
1836-1840:
Governor of Massachusetts
1827-1847
Overseer of Harvard University
1849-1854:
Overseer of Harvard University
1841-1845:
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 
1846-1849:
President of Harvard University 
1852-1853:
U.S. Secretary of State 
1853-1854:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
1860:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Vice President for the Constitutional-Union Party 
November 18, 1863:
Delivered the lesser known two-hour speech that preceded Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 
1864:
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts 
1862-1865:
Overseer of Harvard University

RESOURCES:
Department of State
Biographical Directory of Congress
New England Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
Mount Vernon
National Park Service
Death Announcement (NYT)
Wikipedia

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