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Senate Years of Service: 1831-1833 Party: Jacksonian
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DALLAS, George Mifflin, (great-great-granduncle of Claiborne Pell),
a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president of the United
States; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1792; graduated from the College of
New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810; studied law; admitted to the bar
in 1813; private secretary to Albert Gallatin, Minister to Russia; returned in
1814 and commenced the practice of law in New York City; solicitor of the
United States Bank 1815-1817; returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy
attorney general in 1817; mayor of Philadelphia October 21, 1828-April 15,
1829; United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania
1829-1831; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac D. Barnard and served from December
13, 1831, to March 3, 1833; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1832;
chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-second Congress); resumed the
practice of law; attorney general of Pennsylvania 1833-1835; appointed by
President Martin Van Buren as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to Russia 1837-1839, when he was recalled at his own request; elected Vice
President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1844 with James K.
Polk and served from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1849; appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain by President
Franklin Pierce 1856-1861; returned to Philadelphia, and died there December
31, 1864; interment in St. Peters Churchyard.
BibliographyAmerican National Biography;
Dictionary of American Biography; Ambacher, Bruce. George M.
Dallas: Leader of the Family Party. Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University,
1970; Belohlavek, John M.
George Mifflin Dallas: Jacksonian Patrician. State College:
Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977.
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