OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin

BORN:
January 29, 1761, 
Geneva, Switzerland

DIED:
August 12, 1849 (age 88),
Astoria, New York

EDUCATION:
University of Geneva (1779)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1780:
Immigrated to the United States and lived in Boston, Massachusetts
1782:
Instructor of French at Harvard University
1785:
Moved to Fayette County, Virginia,
(Estate later became part of Pennsylvania)
1789:
Member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention
1790-1792:
Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
1793:
Elected to the U.S. Senate
1794:
Senate Election was declared void after the Senate determined that Gallatin did not meet citizenship requirements
1795-1801:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives 
1801-1814:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
1814:
Appointed as a Commissioner to Negotiate the Treaty of Ghent
1816:
Appointed as a Commissioner to Negotiate Commercial Convention with Great Britain 
1816-1823:
U.S. Minister to France
1826-1827:
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 
1827:
Returned to New York City,
Became President of the National Bank of New York 
1831:
Founder of the University of the City of New York (now New York University)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of the Treasury
American National Biography
Monticello
New York University
National Park Service
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

THE LIFE OF ALBERT GALLATIN:
Internet Archive
Hathi Trust

PAPERS:
The Writings of Albert Gallatin

PORTRAITS: