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. | |