biography
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| lived:
| (1789–1851)
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| biography:
| Judge and cabinet member, born in Francestown, New Hampshire, USA. He served as a New Hampshire Superior Court judge (1817–23), as governor (1823–4), and in the US Senate (NH, 1825–31, 1841–5). He served presidents Jackson and Van Buren as secretary of the navy (1831–4) and secretary of the treasury (1834–41). President Polk named him to the US Supreme Court (1845–51). |
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