OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 8, 1799
Maytown, Pennsylvania

DIED:
June 26, 1889 (age 90)
Maytown, Pennsylvania

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (before 1849)
American (1849–1856)
Republican (1856–1877)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1845-1849:
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
1857-1861:
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 
1861-1862:
U.S. Secretary of War
1862:
U.S. Minister to Russia
1867-1877:
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 

RSOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Army
Lehrman Institute
Lehrman Institute
PA History
Wikipedia

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