See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• MIFFLIN, THOMAS (1744–1800)

MIFFLIN See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• GEORGE MIFFLIN DALLAS (1792-1864)

DALLAS (1792-1864)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and diplomat, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the loth of See also:

• JULY

July 1792 . He graduated at See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton in 1810 at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his class; then studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander J . See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

Dallas, the financier, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1813 . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he accompanied See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• GALLATIN, ALBERT (1761-1849)

Gallatin, as his secretary, to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and in 1814 returned to the See also:

• UNITED

United States as the See also:

• BEARER

bearer of important dispatches from the American See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace commissioners at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent . He practised law in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and Philadelphia, was chosen See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Philadelphia in 1828, and in 1829 was appointed by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, whom he had twice warmly supported for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, United States See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney for the eastern See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Pennsylvania, a position See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long held by his father . From 1831 to 1833 he was a Democratic member of the United States See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, in which he advocated a See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff and strongly supported Jackson's position in regard to See also:

• NULLIFICATION

nullification . On the See also:

• BANK

bank question he was at first at variance with the president; in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1832 he presented in the Senate a memorial from the bank's president, See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• BIDDLE, JOHN (1615-1662)
• BIDDLE, NICHOLAS (1786—1844)

Biddle, and its managers, praying for a recharter, and subsequently he was chairman of a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee which reported a See also:

• BILL

bill re-chartering the institution for a fifteen-year See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . After-wards, however, his views changed and he opposed the bank . From 1833 to 1835 Dallas was attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of Pennsylvania, and from 1835 to 1839 was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to Rus "a . During the following years he was engaged in a long stru gle with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan for party leadership in Pennsylvania . He was See also:

• VICE

vice-president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, but the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of Buchanan as secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state at once shut him off from all See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of party patronage or See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, and he came to be looked upon as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of that See also:

• BODY

body of conservative Democrats of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North, who, while they themselves chafed at the domination of See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern leaders, were disposed to disparage all See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery agitation . By his casting See also:

• VOTE

vote at a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical period during the debate in the Senate on the tariff bill of 1846, he irretrievably lost his influence with the protectionist See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of his native state, to whom he had given assurances of his support of the See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler tariff of 1842 .

For several years after his retirement from office, he devoted himself to his law practice, and in 1856 succeeded James Buchanan as United States minister to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he remained until relieved by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams in May 1861 . During this trying period he represented his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with ability and tact, making every endeavour to strengthen the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union cause in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . He died at Philadelphia on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1864 . He wrote a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical memoir for an edition of his father's writings, which was published in 1871 . His See also:

• DIARY

Diary of his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg and See also:

• LONDON

London was published in Philadelphia in 1892 .