April 12, 2024
ALBERT GALLATIN - AMERICAN STATESMEN BOOK by STEVENS 1884
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ONE BOOK - ALBERT GALLATIN -- LISTING SEVERAL AMERICAN STATESMEN TITLES TODAY. GREAT HISTORY BOOKS ABOUT THE MEEN WHO SHAPED OUR COUNTRY.Shipped with USPS Media Mail.Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin , born de Gallatin (January 29, 1761 -- August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician , diplomat , ethnologist and linguist . He is known for being the founder of New York University and for serving in the Democratic-Republican Party at various federal elective and appointed positions across four decades. He represented Pennsylvania in the Senate and the House of Representatives before becoming the longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury and serving as a high-ranking diplomat.Born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland , Gallatin immigrated to the United States in the 1780s, settling in western Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the 1789 Pennsylvania constitutional convention and won election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly . An opponent of Alexander Hamilton 's economic policies, Gallatin was elected to the United States Senate in 1793. However, he was removed from office on a party-line vote after a protest raised by his opponents suggested he did not meet the required nine years of citizenship. Returning to Pennsylvania, Gallatin helped calm many angry farmers during the Whiskey Rebellion .Gallatin returned
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