OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 17, 1764
Annapolis, Maryland

DIED:
February 25, 1822,
Washington, DC

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1786:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began practicing law in Harford County, Maryland 
1788:
Member of the MD Constitutional Ratification Convention,
Voted against ratification 
1788-1792:
Maryland House of Delegates 
March-November 1791:
U.S. House of Representatives
1792-1795:
Executive Council of Maryland
1794-1795:
Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
1795:
Maryland House of Delegates
1796-1804:
Commissioner to London under the Jay Treaty
1805-1806:
MD Attorney General
1806-1807
Joint Minister to Great Britain with James Monroe 
1807-1811
Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain
1811:
Returned to Baltimore, Maryland,
Elected to the Maryland State Senate 
1811-1814
U.S. Attorney General
1812-1814
Served as a Major in the Maryland Militia during the War of 1812,
Wounded at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland
1815-1816
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1816-1818:
Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia,
Envoy to Naples
1819-1822:
U.S. Senator

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland State Archives
Department of Justice
Wikipedia

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