• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1846 – 1851 · 5 yrsAppointed by James K. Polk

Career

• U.S. senator from New Hampshire

  1841 – 1845 · 4 yrs

• Secretary of the Treasury

  1834 – 1841 · 7 yrs

• State senator-elect (did not serve)

  New Hampshire

  1831 – present · 195 yrs

• Secretary of the Navy

  1831 – 1834 · 3 yrs

• Speaker

  New Hampshire House of Representatives

  1825 – present · 201 yrs

• U.S. senator from New Hampshire

  1825 – 1831 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1824 – present · 202 yrs

• Governor

  New Hampshire

  1823 – 1824 · 1 yr

• Associate justice

  New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature

  1817 – 1823 · 6 yrs

• Clerk

  New Hampshire State Senate

  1816 – 1817 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1812 – 1816 · 4 yrs

Education