This man represented John Randel, Jr. following his firing by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and he successfully defended his state's right to Pea Patch Island.  In the senate this man instigated the creation of a committee to reform the Post Office Department,  and he resolved a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio while serving as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1833-1837.  While serving in another office this man sen
This man represented John Randel, Jr. following his firing by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and he successfully defended his state's right to Pea Patch Island.  In the senate this man instigated the creation of a committee to reform the Post Office Department,  and he resolved a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio while serving as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1833-1837.  While serving in another office this man sent Thomas Butler King as a representative to California, and he feuded with Spain after the seizure of the Georgiana and Susan Loud for supposed piracy.  While in the cabinet this man also organized the search for John Franklin and sent an envoy to Lajos Kossuth.  This (*) Delaware Whig negotiated a treaty which eventually led to the transfer of the Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua before being superseded by the Hay-Pauncefort Treaty.  For 10 points, name this Secretary of State under Zachary Taylor who signed an agreement for joint Anglo-American control of a future Central American canal with Henry Bulwer-Lytton.
This man represented John Randel, Jr. following his firing by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and he successfully defended his state's right to Pea Patch Island.  
John M. {Clayton}