Early in his life, this man defended the editor of the Aurora, William Duane, against charges of libeling Governor Thomas McKean. He worked with Benjamin Chew Howard to settle a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio and took the pseudonym Julius to write letters against John Randolph, who had attacked his appointment to office. His other achievements include settling the Arbuthnot-Ambrister Incident and securing the bequest of James Smithson. He chose to serve as Attorney General from 1814 to 1817, after which he was replaced by William Wirt, and he was Secretary of the Treasury under John Quincy Adams, who then tapped him as a vice pres
Early in his life, this man defended the editor of the Aurora, William Duane, against charges of libeling Governor Thomas McKean. He worked with Benjamin Chew Howard to settle a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio and took the pseudonym Julius to write letters against John Randolph, who had attacked his appointment to office. His other achievements include settling the Arbuthnot-Ambrister Incident and securing the bequest of James Smithson. He chose to serve as Attorney General from 1814 to 1817, after which he was replaced by William Wirt, and he was Secretary of the Treasury under John Quincy Adams, who then tapped him as a vice presidential candidate in his run for re-election. FTP, name this statesman known for talking with Viscount Castlereagh while serving as a minister to Great Britain who, during his time as acting Secretary of State in 1817, signed an agreement demilitarizing the Great Lakes along with Charles Bagot.
Early in his life, this man defended the editor of the Aurora, William Duane, against charges of libeling Governor Thomas McKean.
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