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U.S. Vice Presidents: George Mifflin Dallas

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George Mifflin Dallas

(1792 - 1864)

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Occupation
  • U.S. Vice President
  • U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom
  • U.S. Minister to Russia
  • Attorney General of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. States Senator from Pennsylvania
  • Mayor of Pennsylvania
  • Mayor of Philadelphia
  • U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date of Birth July 10, 1792
Date of Death December 31, 1864
Place of Birth Philadelphia, PA
Place of Death Philadelphia, PA
Education Princeton University
Parents

Arabella Smith

Alexander Dallas
Spouse Sophia (Chew Nicklin) Dallas
Political Party

Democratic
Number of Children Eight

Did You Know?

Vice President Dallas...

  • ...naturally supported President Andrew Jackson in his support of high tariffs but found he couldn't support the president during the Bank Wars which threatened the Second Bank of the United States.
  • ...graduated with honors in 1810 before passing the Pennsylvania bar in 1813 and going into law practice.
  • ...has the cities of Dallas in Oregon and Texas named after him.

Biography

George Mifflin Dallas, (born July 10, 1792, Philadelphia—died Dec. 31, 1864, Philadelphia), 11th vice president of the United States (1845–49) in the Democratic administration of President James K. Polk. Dallas was the son of Alexander J. Dallas, secretary of the Treasury (1814–16), and Arabella Maria Smith. In 1813 his father arranged for George to serve as a private secretary to Albert Gallatin, secretary of the Treasury (1801–14), on his diplomatic mission to Russia to negotiate an end to the War of 1812. After working for his father in the Treasury department and with the legal staff of the Second Bank of the United States, he entered Pennsylvania politics. 

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