Albert Gallatin

Born: 01/29/1761 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Died: 08/12/1849 (Astoria (Queens), NY)

Political Party:
Democratic-Republican

Demographics:
Male; Caucasian

Profession:
Politician

Political Positions:
Constitutional Convention, Delegate, PA (1790);
State House, PA (1790 - 1792);
U.S. Senate, PA (1793 - 1794);
U.S. House, PA (1795 - 1801);
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1801 - 1814);
U.S. Minister, France (1815 - 1823);
U.S. Minister, Great Britain (1826 - 1827)

Education:
Academy at Geneva (1779)

Professional Details:
Instructor of French, Harvard College (1781)

Historical Info:
Worked to reform the penal code, establish statewide education, and fought against slavery; as Treasury Secretary, reduced the public debt by 50%.

Groups/Organizations:
Founder, American Ethnological Society (1842); President, New York Historical Society (1843)

Family:
m. Sophie Allegre (1789); m.2 Hannah Nicholson (11-Nov-1793)

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