OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 4, 1782
Halifax, North Carolina

DIED:
January 4, 1863 (age 80)
Enfield, North Carolina

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

POLITICAL PARTIES: 
Democratic-Republican (before 1825)
Jacksonian (1825–1837)
Democratic (1837–1863)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1817-1820:
Governor of North Carolina
1823-1829:
U.S. Senate 
1829-1831:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1831-1833:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1844-1845
Territorial Governor of Florida

SOURCES:
U.S. Navy
NC History Project
NC Office of Archives and History
Biographical Directory of Congress
Miller Center
National Governors Association
Wikipedia

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