CALHOUN, JOHN CALDWELL. Born in Abbeville District, South Carolina,
March 18, 1782; graduated at Yale, 1804; admitted to the bar, 1807;
member of the South Carolina general assembly, 1808-09; member of
Congress, 1811-17; secretary of war in Monroe's cabinet, 1817-24;
Vice-President, 1825-32; United States senator, 1832-43; secretary of
state under Tyler, 1844-45; re-elected to the Senate of which he
remained a member until his death, at Washington, March 31, 1850.
BENTON, THOMAS HART. Born at Hillsborough, North Carolina, March 14,
1782; United States senator from Missouri, 1821-51; member of Congress,
1853-55; died at Washington, April 10, 1858.
CASS, LEWIS. Born at Exeter, New Hampshire, October 9, 1782; served in
the second war with England; governor of Michigan Territory, 1813-31;
secretary of war, 1831-36; minister to France, 1836-42; United States
senator, 1845-48; Democratic candidate for President, 1848; senator,
1849-57; secretary of state, 1857-60; died at Detroit, Michigan, June
17, 1866.
DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD. Born at Brandon, Vermont, April 23, 1813; judge
of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1841; member of Congress, 1843-47;
United States senator, 1847-61; Democratic candidate for President,
1860; died at Chicago, June 3, 1861.
EVERETT, EDWARD. Born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 11, 1794;
professor of Greek at Harvard, 1819-25; editor the _North American
Review_, 1819-24; member of Congress, 1825-35; governor of
Massachusetts, 1836-40; minister to England, 1841-45; president of
Harvard College, 1846-49; secretary of state, 1852-53; senator, 1853-54;
candidate of Constitutional Union party for Vice-President, 1860; died
at Boston, January 15, 1865.
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