He has served in both houses of Congress.

He declined a seat in Polk's Cabinet.
He won distinction in the Mexican War.

He is the very candidate we've been after." "In that case," says Chunky, "I'll get up." When he reappeared Petway, the Whig leader of the gathering, who had been deriding the convention, the candidate and all things else Democratic, exclaimed: "Here comes Chunky Towles.

He's a good Democrat; and I'll bet ten to one he never heard of Franklin Pierce in his life before." Chunky Towles was one of the handsomest men of his time.

His strong suit was his unruffled composure and cool self-control.