Alexander James Dallas
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander James Dallas was an American statesman who served as the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1814 to 1816 under President James Madison. Wikipedia
Born: June 21, 1759, Kingston, Jamaica
Died: January 16, 1817 (age 57 years), Philadelphia, PA
Party: Democratic-Republican Party
Spouse: Arabella Maria Dallas (m. 1780)
Books: Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, Before and Since the Revolution; Volume 1, Black List: A List of Those Tories who Took Part with Great-Britain, in the Revolutionary War, and Were Attainted of High Treason, Commonly Called the Black List ; to which is Prefixed the Legal Opinions of Attorney Generals McKean & Dallas, &c, Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: From the Fourteenth Day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred ... Until the 12th Day of April, 1825, and more
Children: George M. Dallas
Previous offices: Acting United States Secretary of War (1815–1815), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1814–1816), and Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (1790–1800)
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