Delegate from the Southwest Territory

Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Tennessee's at-large congressional district 1796–1797

Succeeded byWilliam C. C. Claiborne

U.S. Senate

Preceded byWilliam Cocke

United States Senator (Class 1) from Tennessee 1797–1798        Served alongside: Joseph Anderson

Succeeded byDaniel Smith

Preceded byJohn Williams

United States Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1823–1825        Served alongside: John Eaton

Succeeded byHugh Lawson White

Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee 1823–1825

Succeeded byWilliam Henry Harrison

Honorary titles

Preceded byRichard Stockton

Baby of the Senate 1797–1798

Succeeded byRay Greene

Political offices

Preceded byJosé María Coppingeras Governor of Spanish East Florida

Governor of FloridaActing 1821

Succeeded byWilliam Pope Duval

Preceded byJohn Quincy Adams

President of the United States 1829–1837

Succeeded byMartin Van Buren

Masonic offices

Preceded byWilkins F. Tannehill

Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee 1822–1823

Succeeded byWilkins F. Tannehill

Party political offices

Preceded byJames Monroe

Democratic-Republican nominee for President of the United States¹ 1824        Served alongside: John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford

Party dissolved

New political party

Democratic nominee for President of the United States 1828, 1832

Succeeded byMartin Van Buren

Notes and references

1. The Democratic-Republican Party split in the 1824 election, fielding four separate candidates.

