Born: November 2, 1795 near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, NC
Representative from Tennessee
- 1818 - Graduated from the University of North Carolina having studied law.
- 1820 - Admitted to the bar and commenced a practice in Columbia, Tennessee.
- 1821-1823 - Chief Clerk of the State Senate.
- 1823-1825 - Member of the State House of Representatives
- March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1839 - Elected to the 19th Congress; Re-elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th - 24th and as a Democrat to the 25th.
- Chairman of the Committee on Ways & Means (23rd Congress)
- 1835 - Speaker of the House of Representatives (24th and 25th Congresses). The only President to ever be Speaker.
- 1839 - 1841 - Governor of Tennessee
- Elected as a Democrat as the 11th President of the United States in 1844. Inaugurated on March 4, 1845 and served until March 3, 1849. Declined re-nomination.
- Internment within the grounds of the Tennessee State Capital.
President's Park South Dakota 2005
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