OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 1, 1780
Culpeper County, Virginia

DIED:
July 19, 1852 (age 72)
Louisville, Kentucky

EDUCATION:
Read Law, 1800 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist (before 1815)
Democratic-Republican (1815–1825)
Jacksonian/Democratic (1826–1852)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1800-1819:
Practiced Law in Frankfort and Louisville, Kentucky
1820-1822:
Alabama State Representative
1826-1831:
U.S. Senator from Alabama,
Jacksonian
1830:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection to the Senate
1831:
Alabama  State Representatives
1833-1835:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama
1836:
Alabama State Representative
1837:
Elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama,
Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court before term began
1837-1852:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Biographical Directory of Congress
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
Supreme Court Historical Society
Wikipedia

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