• Name: George Mifflin DALLAS

• Birth: 10 JUL 1792 in Philadelphia City, Philadelphia Co., PA

• GRAD: 1810 Princeton University

• Event: Elected BET 21 OCT 1828 AND 15 APR 1829 Mayor of Philadelphia, PA

• Event: Elected BET 13 DEC 1831 AND 4 MAR 1833 United States Senator from Pennsylvania

• Event: Elected BET 4 MAR 1845 AND 4 MAR 1849 11th Vice President of the United States

• Death: 31 DEC 1864 in Philadelphia City, Philadelphia Co., PA

• Title: Vice President

• Event: Pic

• Note:

DALLAS, George Mifflin, (great-great-granduncle of Claiborne Pell), a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president of the United States; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1792;

graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1813;

private secretary to Albert Gallatin, Minister to Russia; returned in 1814 and commenced the practice of law in New York City;

solicitor of the United States Bank 1815- 1817;

returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy attorney general in 1817; mayor of Philadelphia October 21, 1828-April 15, 1829;

United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania 1829-1831;

elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Isaac D. Barnard and served from December 13, 1831, to March 3, 1833;

declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1832;

chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law;attorney general of Pennsylvania 1833-1835;

appointed by President Martin Van Buren as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia 1837-1839,when he was recalled at his own request;

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 3, 1849;

appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain by President Franklin Pierce 1856-1861;

returned to Philadelphia, and died there December 31, 1864; interment in St. Peter’s Churchyard.

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