Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1816, Jan. 30 | Born, Waltham, Mass. |
| 1839 | Admitted to the Massachusetts bar |
| 1848 | Married Mary Theodosia Palmer |
| 1849-1852 | Member, Massachusetts house of representatives; speaker of the house, 1851-1852 |
| 1853 | President, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention |
| 1853-1857 | Representative from Massachusetts, United States Congress; speaker of the House of Representatives, 1856-1857 |
| 1858-1860 | Governor of Massachusetts |
| 1861 | Managing director, Illinois Central Railroad Appointed major general of Volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln |
| 1865-1873 | Representative from Massachusetts, United States Congress; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| 1873-1874 | Member, Massachusetts senate |
| 1875-1879 | Representative from Massachusetts, United States Congress |
| 1879-1888 | United States Marshal, Boston District, Boston, Mass. |
| 1889-1891 | Representative from Massachusetts, United States Congress |
| 1894, Sept. 1 | Died, Waltham, Mass. |