George Mifflin Dallas

(1792-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864 LBT ID: GeDalla1864 VIAF ID: 35916641 LOC ID: n85363455	B/BAP: 1792-07-10 DIED: 1864-12-31
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American statesman, son of Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) and nephew of R. C. Dallas; educated at Princeton, he was in Britain in 1813 as secretary to Albert Gallatin; afterwards he was vice-president of the United States, 1845-59. Dallas Texas is named for him.
REFERENCES TO George Mifflin Dallas: Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824, Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron (London: Charles Knight, 1824) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1813 Found 1: ¶ 1