After being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, he served as secretary to Albert Gallatin on a special mission to Russia. After serving in his most famous post, he preceded Charles Francis Adams in serving from 1856 till 1861 as U.S. minister to Britai
After being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, he served as secretary to Albert Gallatin on a special mission to Russia. After serving in his most famous post, he preceded Charles Francis Adams in serving from 1856 till 1861 as U.S. minister to Britain. His father was James Madison's secretary of the treasury from 1814 till 1816, and thirty years later, in 1846, he cast the deciding vote for the Walker Tariff Bill as president of the Senate. FTP, name this man, who served as James Polk's vice president and who is the namesake of a Texas city.
After being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, he served as secretary to Albert Gallatin on a special mission to Russia.
George Mifflin {Dallas}