>born in '82, a year before the American Revolution ends>dies in '66, a year after the ACW concludes >lived through every presidency from Washington to Andrew Johnson>played a prominent role not only as Michigan's governor during the War of 1812 but influenced Jackson's administration and was very vocal about the slave issue in the lead-up to the ACW>no modern biography
He ran for president on the Democrat ticket in 1848 and lost to Zachary Taylor. Later appointed Secretary of State by James Buchanan--at age 75 he was mostly expected to be a figurehead but proved more active in his job than had been assumed. Cass resigned from office at the end of 1860 out of displeasure with Buchanan's passivity at South Carolina's secession from the union.
Eugène-François Vidocq comes to mind. That guy lived as an outlaw through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Bourbon restoration and ended up inventing CSI.
>>17274319Based>>17274308>Cass resigned from office at the end of 1860 out of displeasure with Buchanan's passivity at South Carolina's secession from the union.The hero we needed Regularly carried a huge bowie knife with him too iirc
>>17274319Based Dutchman leading the way again
>>17274308SoS was often given to unsuccessful presidential candidates as a consolation prize in those days. That said, Buchanan and Cass did not particularly like each other out of political rivalries; Buchanan had first sought the presidency in 1848 and watched the Democrat nomination go to Cass instead, and Cass, the loser of that election, eventually had to watch Buchanan become president.
