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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 | 14 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dallas , George Mifflin , 1792 -1864 (search)
Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864
Statesman; born in Philadelphia, July 10, 1792; a son of the preceding; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1810, and admitted to the bar in 1813.
He went with Mr. Gallatin to Russia as private secretary, and returned in 1814, when he assisted his father in the Treasury Department.
In 1828 he was mayor of Philadelphia; United States Senator from 1832 to 1833, and declined a re-election.
He was ambassador to Russia from 1837 to 1839, and Vice-Presi 1813.
He went with Mr. Gallatin to Russia as private secretary, and returned in 1814, when he assisted his father in the Treasury Department.
In 1828 he was mayor of Philadelphia; United States Senator from 1832 to 1833, and declined a re-election.
He was ambassador to Russia from 1837 to 1839, and Vice-President of the United States from 1845 to 1849.
From 1856 to 1861 he was American minister in London.
Mr. Dallas was an able lawyer and statesman.
He died in Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1864.
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