Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1810, Jan. 10 | Born, near Stony Creek, Pa. |
1830 | Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania |
1836 | Married Mary Forward |
1842 | Appointed judge of court of common pleas, sixteenth district, Pennsylvania |
1851 | Appointed justice of supreme court of Pennsylvania |
1857-1860 | United States attorney general |
1860 | Appointed secretary of state replacing Lewis Cass |
1861 | Appointed to United States Supreme Court by James Buchanan but not confirmed by Senate Appointed United States Supreme Court reporter Wrote first volume of annual publication, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the United States |
1873 | Helped revise Pennsylvania constitution |
1876 | Defended Democratic presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden before electoral commission |
1883, Aug. 19 | Died, York, Pa. |