U. S. Congressman. Born in Fayette County, Virginia, which is now Kentucky, he attended the common schools and was engaged in agricultural pursuits as an adult. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1814 to1816. He served as major of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of state militia in 1816. Then he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Johnson; he was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress and served from December 7, 1826, to March 3, 1829. He missed only 24 of 286 roll call votes, which is 8.4%; with the average of miss votes being about 16%, his was one of the best of this time period. Afterward, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
U. S. Congressman. Born in Fayette County, Virginia, which is now Kentucky, he attended the common schools and was engaged in agricultural pursuits as an adult. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1814 to1816. He served as major of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of state militia in 1816. Then he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Johnson; he was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress and served from December 7, 1826, to March 3, 1829. He missed only 24 of 286 roll call votes, which is 8.4%; with the average of miss votes being about 16%, his was one of the best of this time period. Afterward, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
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