Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President ( 1833 – 1837 ) and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ( 1829 – 1831 ).

Before 1837 the area was occupied by Native Americans who utilized it for hunting grounds ; the Sioux tribe had a camp near Oneco.

Before his marriage, he joined the Army and took part in the Seminole War, 1835 – 1837.

Before the couple's next visit, in 1839, the Galilee earthquake of 1837 had heavily damaged the tomb.

Before the Wills Act 1837 uniformity in the law had been urgently recommended by the Real Property Commissioners in 1833.

Before the establishment of the oil and gas industry, Brunei-Muara was the center of the coal industry, which was first mined in 1837.

Before he died in 1837 St Leonards ( Royal Victoria ) Hotel, the South Colonnade, an archway marking the town boundary with Hastings, and tall seafront houses ( as far as 71 Marina ) had also been completed.

Before 1837 it was called the South America Station.

Before 1837 the area was briefly considered for the site of the colony's capital ; a ' special survey ' was undertaken in 1839 – 40 with a sizeable township laid out at Currency Creek and land for a port with substantial warehousing on the river where Goolwa now stands ; however, the treacherous waters of the Murray Mouth for shipping made it unsuitable as a major port.

Before Dickens, the courtyard was best known for its appearance in R. H. Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of poems and stories first published in Bentley's Miscellany beginning in 1837.

Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.

Before the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before he left town Pat saw to it that I was fixed up with a job.

Before the airplanes came, he said, travel in Laos was just about impossible.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before he was forty Griffith had created the art of the film.

Before appealing to the U.N. or to Russia, he first appealed to the U.S. for military help, and was rejected.

Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere.

Before ASCII was developed, the encodings in use included 26 alphabetic characters, 10 numerical digits, and from 11 to 25 special graphic symbols.

Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term " ocean " itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic.

Before he could pass the river with safety, however, it was necessary to subdue certain fortresses, one of which was for several days vigorously defended by the governor, Yussuf el-Harezmi, a Khwarezmian.

Before the 1989 series began, the win-loss ratio was almost even, with 87 wins for Australia to England's 86, 74 having been drawn.

Before the late modern era, the abbot was treated with the utmost reverence by the brethren of his house.

Before the creation of the world, God was all by Himself, in a Self-absorbed state.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

Before his death, he was absolved from the excommunication ; moreover, the Pope also promised that the King of Hungary and his relatives would not be excommunicated without the special permission of the Pope.

Before the 2007 season began, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia.

Before the War, Paul was a creative, sensitive, and passionate person, writing poems and having a clear love for his family.

Before the war Tjaden was a locksmith.

* 1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.

Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.

Before he reached the post, he had occasionally been mentioned in western newspapers as a likely next leader and a man of the younger generation at the top level.

Before serving two terms as Berkeley's Mayor, Dean served on the Berkeley City Council for 15 years between 1975 and 1994 and was a leader of the Berkeley Democratic Club.

Before the end of World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was concerned that, with the enormous size of Soviet forces deployed in Europe at the end of the war and the perception that the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was unreliable, there was a serious threat to Western Europe.

Before setting out he persuades the citizens of Athens to pass the death sentence upon Demosthenes and his followers ( including Hypereides, leader of the Athenian patriotic party ).

With Tim Brown they formed a new Independent Group of Councillors with Dennis de Lord as leader and Tim Brown as deputy leader, to put People Before Politics.

Before he became leader of the Conservative Party, Disraeli had announced that, as a result of the Reform Act of 1867 which had enfranchised the male working class, the party needed to pursue social reforms if it was to have electoral success.

Before he was a leader of the Mormon faith, Brigham Young lived here in the early 1830s.

Before his speech Powell was favoured to replace Heath as Conservative leader by 1 per cent, with Reginald Maudling favoured by 20 per cent ; after his speech 24 per cent favoured Powell and 18 per cent Maudling.

Before the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in May 2010, the leader of the third largest parliamentary party ( usually the leader of the Liberal Party, or Liberal Democrats ) would then ask two questions.

Before 1953 the leader of the Aeolian quartet is listed as Alfred Cave.

Before that year ministers were responsible to the King, who acted as leader of cabinet.

Before 1540, David Joris, an Anabaptist of the " inspirationist " variety, had been the most influential leader in the Netherlands.

Before entering parliamentary politics he practised as a journalist, barrister, company legal counsel, and merchant banker, and was leader of the Australian Republican Movement.

Before he gets there, he unknowingly encounters the current leader of the school, Yoshioka Seijurō, cavorting with the many geisha in the town.

Before long Read and his supporters seceded and Tyndall returned as leader.

Before 1983 the town gave its name to the Belper constituency, which from 1945 to 1970 was the seat of George Brown, the deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Before such a leader, money collapses, and in the Imperial Age the politics of money fades away.

Before Labour's position in the polls improved, Cullen was also involved in an attempt to oust Helen Clark as party leader, which was not successful.

Before the disaster Yangel had ambitions to challenge Sergei Korolev as leader of the Manned Space program, but he was directed to focus on the R-16.

Before the 2007 general elections, Morauta lost the leadership of the party and founded his own party, the Papua New Guinea Party, while Wingti became the leader of the PDM again.