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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Pennsylvania / USGeorge Mifflin DALLAS
(1792-1864)
Senate Years of Service:
1831-1833Party: JacksonianDALLAS, 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. Peter’s Churchyard.
Bibliography
American 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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