OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
George Mifflin Dallas
BORN:
July 10, 1792
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
DIED:
December 31, 1864 (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
EDUCATION:
Princeton University (BA, 1810 )
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1813:
Admitted to the Bar
1814:
Began Practicing Law in New York City
1815-1817:
Solicitor of the U.S. Bank
1817:
Returned to Philadelphia,
Appointed Deputy Attorney General
1828-1829:
Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1829-1831:
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1831-1833:
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
1833-1835:
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1837-1839:
U.S. Minister to Russia
1845-1849:
Vice President of the United States
1856-1861:
U.S. Minister to Great Britiain
RESOURCES:
Senate Historical Office
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
The Life of George Mifflin Dallas (1847)