OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 11, 1777;
Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)

DIED:
December 19, 1840 (age 63);
Nashville, Tennessee

EDUCATION:
Bardstown Academy,
Studied law under George Nicholas

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
Democrat (1825–1840)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1779:
Moved to Brownsville, Pennsylvania
1780:
Moved to Kentucky,
1797:
Admitted to the Kentucky Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Bardstown, KY
1799:
Member, Kentucky Constitutional Convention
1800-1805:
Member, Kentucky Legislature
1806-1807
Justice,  Supreme Court of Kentucky
1807:
Chief Justice,  Supreme Court of Kentucky
1807:
Moved to Nashville, TN;
Practiced criminal law
1811-1814:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Democratic-Republican from TN)
1819-1825:
Member, TN House of Representatives
1827:
Unsuccessfully Ran for Congress
1829-1838:
U.S. Senator (Jacksonian from TN)
1838-1839:
U.S. Attorney General 
1839-1840:
U.S. Senator 

RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of Justice
Tennessee Encyclopedia
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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