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US Democratic politician
Representative from North Carolina 1811-1816
Senator from Alabama 1819-1844, 1848-1852
president pro tempore of Senate 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1850
US ambassador to France 1844-1846
vice-president of US 1853 (1st vice-president to have served in both houses of Congress)
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