1. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1835-40; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1838-40; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1840-42, 1842-50; resigned 1842, 1850; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1847-49; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1850-51; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1851; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1852. [590]