Directory of Dallas, George Mifflin Resources

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George Mifflin Dallas, (1792-1864), born in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 10, 1792. He graduated from Princeton in 1810 and became an attorney. He was elected vice president on the Democratic ticket with James Polk in 1844 and presided over the Senate during the stormy days of the Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso controversy.

Resources in This Category

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Dallas, George Mifflin

  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000011
  Brief biography of the senator from Pennsylvania and later President James K. Polk's Vice President.

• U.S. Senate: George Mifflin Dallas, 11th Vice President (1845-1849)

  http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_George_Dallas.htm
  His life and political career, from the U.S. Senate Web site.

• Wikipedia: George M. Dallas

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Dallas
  Biographical article from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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