Acting Secretary of War and Acting Secretary of State
From March 2, 1815 to August 1, 1815 he was acting Secretary of War and for a time that year was acting Secretary of State as well. He returned to Philadelphia, but lived only a year.
He was a member of the American Philosophical Society from 1791 and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
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