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For the judge, see George M. Dallas (judge). George Mifflin Dallas ( February 7, 1839 &ndash January 21, 1917) was a lawyer and a judge of the U

11th Vice President of the United States
George Mifflin Dallas

In office March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
President	James K. Polk
Preceded by	John Tyler
Succeeded by	Millard Fillmore
80th Mayor of Philadelphia
In office 1828 – 1829
Preceded by	Joseph Watson
Succeeded by	Benjamin W. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Knox Polk ( November 2 1795&ndashJune 15 1849 was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849 John Tyler Jr (March 29 1790 January 18 1862 was the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845 and the first ever to obtain that office via succession Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig The Mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Richards
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office December 13, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Isaac D. Barnard
Succeeded by	Samuel McKean

Born	July 10, 1792 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	December 31, 1864 (aged 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Sophia Nicklin Dallas
Alma mater	College of New Jersey
Religion	Episcopalian

George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Isaac Dutton Barnard ( July 18, 1791 &ndash February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester Pennsylvania Samuel McKean ( April 7, 1787 &ndash December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington Pennsylvania Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death James Knox Polk ( November 2 1795&ndashJune 15 1849 was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849

Dallas was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He was admitted to the bar in 1813 and served as private secretary to Albert Gallatin, Minister to Russia. Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29 1761 &ndash August 12 1849 was a Swiss-American Ethnologist, linguist, politician, Diplomat A minister or a secretary is a Politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional Government. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Dallas returned in 1814 and practiced law in New York City. The City of New York He was solicitor of the Second Bank of the United States from 1816 to 1817. The Second Bank of the United States was a bank chartered in 1816 five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States.

Polk/Dallas campaign poster.

Dallas returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy attorney general in 1817. He was mayor of Philadelphia from October 21, 1828, to April 15, 1829, then served as United States Attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1831. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display

He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac D. Barnard. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Isaac Dutton Barnard ( July 18, 1791 &ndash February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester Pennsylvania Dallas served less than 15 months — from December 13, 1831, to March 4, 1833 — and declined to be a candidate for reelection. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Dallas resumed the practice of law, was attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1835, and served as the Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania in 1835 [1]. He was appointed by President Martin Van Buren as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from 1837 to 1839, when he was recalled at his own request. Martin Van Buren (December 5 1782 July 24 1862 was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841 Dallas was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1844 with James K. Polk and served from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. James Knox Polk ( November 2 1795&ndashJune 15 1849 was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849 Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

President Franklin Pierce appointed Dallas in 1856 as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, where he served until 1861, when he returned to Philadelphia. Franklin Pierce (November 23 1804 &ndash October 8 1869 was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He died there in 1864 at the age of 72 and was interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. Dallas County, Texas, and several U. Dallas County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred S. cities and towns elsewhere were named in his honor such as Dallas, Georgia and Dallastown, Pennsylvania. Dallas is a city in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5056 at the 2000 census Dallastown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. (It is debated that the city of Dallas, Texas, is named after the Vice President. Click here for more information)

Dallas was the son of U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander J. Dallas and is the great-great-granduncle of former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island. This article traces the history of Dallas, Texas ( USA) during the city's original settlement from 1839 to 1855 The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until Alexander James Dallas ( June 21, 1759 &ndash January 16, 1817) was an American statesman who served as the U The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Claiborne de Borda Pell (born November 22, 1918) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1961 to 1997 Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States He was also the brother of Naval officer Alexander J. Dallas and the uncle of George M. Bache and Alexander Dallas Bache. Alexander James Dallas ( May 15, 1791 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - June 3, 1844 in Callao, George Mifflin Bache ( November 12, 1840 - February 11, 1896) was an officer in the United States Navy, fighting on the Union Alexander Dallas Bache ( July 19, 1806 &ndash February 17, 1867) American Physicist, was born in Philadelphia He was of Scottish heritage. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.

References

"George Mifflin Dallas. " Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936.
Hatfield, Mark O. George Mifflin Dallas. Vice-Presidents of the United States, 1789-1983. Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office. 1979.

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Preceded by Joseph Watson	Mayor of Philadelphia 1828–1829	Succeeded by Benjamin W. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as The Mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia Richards
Preceded by Charles Jared Ingersoll	U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1829–1831	Succeeded by Henry D. Gilpin
Preceded by Isaac D. Barnard	United States Senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania December 13, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Served alongside: William Wilkins	Succeeded by Samuel McKean
Preceded by Ellis Lewis	Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1833–1835	Succeeded by James Todd
Preceded by John R. Charles Jared Ingersoll ( October 3, 1782 &ndash May 14, 1862) was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and Henry Dilworth Gilpin ( April 14, 1801 &ndash January 29, 1860) was an American lawyer and statesman of Quaker extraction Isaac Dutton Barnard ( July 18, 1791 &ndash February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester Pennsylvania This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Pennsylvania. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Wilkins ( December 20, 1779 &ndash June 23, 1865) was an American lawyer jurist and politician from Pittsburgh Samuel McKean ( April 7, 1787 &ndash December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington Pennsylvania The state attorney general in the United States is an executive office in all 50 State governments. Clay	U.S. Minister to Russia 1837–1839	Succeeded by Churchill C. Cambreleng
Preceded by Richard Mentor Johnson, Littleton W. Tazewell, James K. Polk	Democratic Party vice presidential candidate 1844 (won)⁽¹⁾	Succeeded by William Orlando Butler
Preceded by John Tyler	Vice President of the United States March 4, 1845–March 4, 1849	Succeeded by Millard Fillmore
Preceded by James Buchanan	U.S. Minister to Britain 1856–1861	Succeeded by Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
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