Serving in the House of Burgesses in Virginia, and exporting tobacco harvested from his Mount Vernon estate.
Becoming well known for his harsh opposition to the Stamp Act, and celebrating the birth of his eldest daughter, Abby, named after his wife.
Serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and exporting tobacco harvested from his Monticello estate.
Serving as a delegate to the Congress of the American Confederation from Virginia and overseeing continued construction of his Montpelier estate.
Serving as a delegate from Virginia on the committee which ratified the Constitution of the United States, residing in New York after having sold his Virginia plantation.
Serving as the United States Minister to Prussia, having been appointed by his father and residing in Berlin with his wife, Louisa.
Served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee, but resigned after 6 months.
Serving as a state Senator in New York, supporting President Madison's tactics in the War of 1812.
Serving as the Governor of the Indiana Territory, and lobbying congress to allow slavery in the territory.
Practicing law in Virginia, where his father was serving as governor.
Serving in the house of Representatives, having been elected in Tennessee, as a disciple of Andrew Jackson.
Living on the frontier in Kentucky.
Serving in the New York State Assembly and practicing law in Buffalo.
Serving in the House of Representatives, having been elected from New Hampshire, and marrying Jane Appleton.
Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, having been elected by Pennsylvania.
Serving in the Illinois State Legislature and practicing law.
Serving in the Tennessee State Legislature, as well as the state militia, rising to the rank of Colonel.
Serving in the military at a fort in the Oregon Territory.
Marrying Lucy Webb and practicing law in Cincinnati, Ohio, in particular defending escaped slaves charged under the fugitive slave act.
Serving in the Ohio legislature, before being comissioned as a Colonel in the Union army.
Marrying Ellen Herndon and practicing law in New York.
Practicing law in New York, in particular defending participants in the Fenian Raid.
Serving as a Colonel in the 70th of Indiana, guarding railroads in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Practicing law in Canton, Ohio and celebrating the birth of his daughter Ida, named after his wife.
Campaigning for Benjamin Harrison, who appointed him to the U.S. Civil Service Commision, and working on his book The Winning of the West.
Serving as a judge on the Superior Court in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Teaching Greek and Roman History, Political Science and other subjects at Bryn Mawr College
Editing the Marion Star newspaper in Marion, Ohio and mounting an unsuccessful bid for County Auditor.
Being replaced as City Solicitor in Northampton, Massachusetts
Working as an engineer for the mining company Bewick, Moreing.
Serving as a New York State Senator and supporting Woodrow Wilson's candidacy for President.
Living on a farm in Missouri after leaving the national guard and attempting to invest in several business ventures. (He would rejoin the army in World War I)
Living in the Panama Canal zone with his wife Mamie, serving as an aide to General Fox Conner.
Serving in the House as a representative from Massachusetts, having been elected with the help of his wealthy and politically connected father.
Serving in the House as a representative from Texas, having run successfully on a New Deal platform.
Serving as a Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, having declined a combat exemption offered due to his Quaker faith.
Serving as a flight instructor for the Navy during World War II, and coaching several academy sports, including football, which he had excelled at in college, then becoming assistant navigator on an aircraft carrier.
Serving in the Navy Reserve, and working the family peanut farm in Georgia.
Acting in Hollywood, and serving as an alternate member to the board of the Screen Actors' Guild.
Serving as the president of Zapata Offshore Co, an offshore drilling company in Texas.
Serving as Arkansas Attorney General.
Having graduated Harvard with an MBA, struggling with alcohol abuse before meeting his future wife and founding an oil company the next year.
Working at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin, and beginning to date his future wife, Michelle.
Having become president of his father's real estate company, he rebranded the company as an umbrellas organization shortly afterwards.
Winning election to the U.S. Senate from Delaware. The following year, he would be the youngest senator at the time of his swearing in. He would lose his wife and daughter in a car accident that same year.
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