Biography
Representative from Maryland; born near Wetheredville, Baltimore County, Md., on May 8, 1809; completed preparatory studies; held several local offices; engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Wetheredville, Md.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); resumed the manufacture of woolen goods; delegate from Baltimore County to the State convention which framed the constitution of Maryland in 1867; retired from active pursuits in 1868 and lived on his estate, ``Ashland,'' near Catonsville, Md., where he died February 15, 1888; interment in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
