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1791: Born in Pennsylvania
1813: Admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania and opens a law practice in Lancaster; elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature as a Federalist and reelected in 1815
1821-30: Serves in the U.S. House of Representatives
1831: Appointed U.S. minister to Russia
1834-45: Elected to U.S. Senate as Democrat from Pennsylvania
1845-49: Serves as secretary of state under President James K. Polk
1853-56: Serves as U.S. minister to Great Britain
1857-61: Serves as fifteenth U.S. president
1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, furthers tension among abolitionists and supporters of slavery
1868: Dies in Pennsylvania
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