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Encyclopedia > George M. Dallas
George M. Dallas
George M. Dallas

In office
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
President James Knox Polk
Preceded by John Tyler
Succeeded by Millard Fillmore

In office
December 13, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by Isaac D. Barnard
Succeeded by Samuel McKean

Born July 10, 1792(1792-07-10)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died December 31, 1864 (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality american
Political party Democratic
Spouse Sophia Nicklin Dallas
Religion Episcopalian

George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792December 31, 1864) was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk. George Dallas may refer to: George M. Dallas (1792–1864), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President of the United States George M. Dallas (judge) (1839–1917), American lawyer and judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet... Image File history File links George_Mifflin_Dallas. ... The Vice President of the United States (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[1] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. ... John Tyler, Jr. ... Not to be confused with Mallard Fillmore. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Isaac Dutton Barnard (July 18, 1791–February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester, Pennsylvania. ... Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787–December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... This article is about the Episcopal Church in the United States. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... This article is about the U.S. State. ... The Vice President of the United States (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[1] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ... This article is about the U.S. President. ...


Dallas was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810. He was admitted to the bar in 1813 and served as private secretary to Albert Gallatin, Minister to Russia. Dallas returned in 1814 and practiced law in New York City. He was solicitor of the Second Bank of the United States from 1816 to 1817. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The Second Bank of the United States was a bank chartered in 1816, five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States. ...

Polk/Dallas campaign poster.
Polk/Dallas campaign poster.

Dallas returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy attorney general in 1817. He was mayor of Philadelphia from October 21, 1828, to April 15, 1829, then served as United States Attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1831. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1373x1923, 610 KB) // Summary Summary Licensing Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): James K. Polk United States presidential election, 1844 User:Davepape/Images ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1373x1923, 610 KB) // Summary Summary Licensing Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): James K. Polk United States presidential election, 1844 User:Davepape/Images ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac D. Barnard. Dallas served less than 15 months — from December 13, 1831, to March 4, 1833 — and declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... Isaac Dutton Barnard (July 18, 1791–February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester, Pennsylvania. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...


Dallas resumed the practice of law, was attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1835, and served as the Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania in 1835 [1]. He was appointed by President Martin Van Buren as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from 1837 to 1839, when he was recalled at his own request. Dallas was 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 4, 1849. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. ... This article is about the U.S. President. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...


President Franklin Pierce appointed Dallas in 1856 as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, where he served until 1861, when he returned to Philadelphia. He died there in 1864 at the age of 72 and was interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. Dallas County, Texas, and several U. S. cities and towns elsewhere were named in his honor such as Dallas, Georgia and Dallastown, Pennsylvania. (Contrary to a common misconception, the city of Dallas, Texas, was almost certainly not named after the Vice President.) Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ... Dallas is a city located in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. ... Dallastown is a borough located in York County, Pennsylvania. ... Dallas redirects here. ...


Dallas was the son of U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander J. Dallas and is the great-great-granduncle of former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island. He was also the brother of Naval officer Alexander J. Dallas and the uncle of George M. Bache and Alexander Dallas Bache. He was of Scottish heritage. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. ... Dallas, as portrayed in an 1881 copy of a Gilbert Stuart painting Alexander James Dallas (June 21, 1759 – January 16, 1817) was an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (born November 22, 1918) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1961 to 1997. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... USN redirects here. ... Alexander James Dallas (May 15, 1791 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - June 3, 1844 in Callao, Peru) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the War of 1812, operations against Algiers in 1815, and in the suppression of piracy in the West Indies. ... George Mifflin Bache (November 12, 1840 - February 11, 1896) was an officer in the United States Navy, fighting on the Union side in the American Civil War and continuing to serve for a decade after the wars end. ... Alexander Dallas Bache (July 19, 1806 – February 17, 1867), American physicist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was born in Philadelphia. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ...


References

  • "George Mifflin Dallas." Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936.
  • Hatfield, Mark O. George Mifflin Dallas. Vice-Presidents of the United States, 1789-1983. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979.

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Preceded by
Joseph Watson
Mayor of Philadelphia
1828–1829
Succeeded by
Benjamin W. Richards
Preceded by
Charles Jared Ingersoll
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1829–1831
Succeeded by
Henry D. Gilpin
Preceded by
Isaac D. Barnard
United States Senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania
December 13, 1831March 3, 1833
Served alongside: William Wilkins
Succeeded by
Samuel McKean
Preceded by
Ellis Lewis
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1833–1835
Succeeded by
James Todd
Preceded by
John R. Clay
U.S. Minister to Russia
1837–1839
Succeeded by
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Preceded by
Richard Mentor Johnson,
Littleton W. Tazewell,
James K. Polk
Democratic Party vice presidential candidate
1844 (won)(1)
Succeeded by
William Orlando Butler
Preceded by
John Tyler
Vice President of the United States
March 4, 1845March 4, 1849
Succeeded by
Millard Fillmore
Preceded by
James Buchanan
U.S. Minister to Britain
1856–1861
Succeeded by
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Notes & References
1. The Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee was split this year among three candidates.


 

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