| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1897, Apr. 28 | Born, Weston, W. Va. |
| 1918-1919 | Student, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W.Va. |
| 1926 | A.B., Pomona College, Claremont, Calif. |
| 1927 | M.A., Pomona College, Claremont, Calif. |
| 1929 | Ph. D., Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1930-1935 | Instructor in government, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1935-1937 | Special assistant to attorney general |
| 1937-1938 | Associate professor of political science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1938-1968 | Professor of political science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1947 | Commonwealth lecturer, University College, London, England |
| 1957 | Lecturer, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies |
| 1968, June 16 | Died, Baltimore, Md. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1777, Mar. 17 | Born, Calvert County, Md. |
| 1795 | Graduated, Dickinson College |
| 1799 | Admitted to Maryland bar |
| 1799-1800 | Member, Maryland legislature |
| 1806 | Married Anne P. C. Kay |
| 1812 | Leader of dissenting Federalist faction, “Coodies,” supporting the War of 1812 |
| 1816-1821 | Member, Maryland senate |
| 1827-1831 | Attorney general for Maryland |
| 1828 | Chairman, Maryland committee for Andrew Jackson's presidential candidacy |
| 1831 | Acting secretary of war |
| 1831-1833 | Attorney general |
| 1833-1834 | Secretary of the treasury |
| 1835 | Nominated for associate justice, Supreme Court |
| 1836 | Appointed chief justice, Supreme Court |
| 1864, Oct. 12 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
