US Senator. Initially a cooper's apprentice, he graduated from what is now Washington and Lee University in 1806, and started his first law practice in Knoxville, Tennessee. He moved to Natchez, Mississippi in 1819, and in 1828 became a member of the Mississippi State House of Representatives. The following year he was elected was a Senator from Mississippi to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas B. Reed. He served only seven months (January to July 1830) before his own death in office, and was succeeded by Senator George Poindexter.
US Senator. Initially a cooper's apprentice, he graduated from what is now Washington and Lee University in 1806, and started his first law practice in Knoxville, Tennessee. He moved to Natchez, Mississippi in 1819, and in 1828 became a member of the Mississippi State House of Representatives. The following year he was elected was a Senator from Mississippi to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas B. Reed. He served only seven months (January to July 1830) before his own death in office, and was succeeded by Senator George Poindexter.
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