He served as the business manager for Samuel Morse, and partnered with Ezra Cornell in their magnetic telegraph company.
According to legend, this man got his highest political office after he hitched a ride on a floatboat down the Ohio River with William Barry. In two Supreme Court cases, he was sued by the company of William Stokes and Richard Stockton, when he refused to pay them for services they provided. He served as the business manager for Samuel Morse, and partnered with Ezra Cornell in their magnetic telegraph company. He donated his home and property, known as his namesake "green," to serve as Gallaudet University for deaf children. Richard Mentor Johnson hired him to edit the Georgetown Minerva after he tutored Henry Clay's children at Ashland. He's better known for editing the Argus of Western America, and becoming the leader of a group that also included Duff Green and Francis Blair. For 10 points, name this man who served as Postmaster General in the Kitchen Cabinet of Andrew Jackson.
According to legend, this man got his highest political office after he hitched a ride on a floatboat down the Ohio River with William Barry.
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