Albert Gallatin

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American statesman United States Secretary of the Treasury diplomat economist human politician

Albert Gallatin was a prominent early American statesman and long-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury known for reducing the national debt and helping shape the nation’s financial policy under Presidents Jefferson and Madison.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American statesman → United States Secretary of the Treasury → diplomat → economist → human → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin → Albert Alphonse Gallatin →
birthDate	1761-01-29 →
birthPlace	Geneva → Republic of Geneva →
burialPlace	Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan →
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland → United States of America →
deathDate	1849-08-12 →
deathPlace	Astoria, Queens → New York City →
educatedAt	Académie de Genève →
emigratedTo	United States of America →
endTime	1814-02-08 →
familyName	Gallatin →
fieldOfWork	ethnology → linguistics → public finance →
founded	New York University →
givenName	Abraham →
knownFor	advocacy of internal improvements → fiscal conservatism → role in financing the Louisiana Purchase →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
memberOf	Democratic-Republican Party →
notableWork	Report on Roads and Canals → reduction of the U.S. national debt → shaping early U.S. financial policy →
occupation	diplomat → economist → ethnologist → politician →
office	United States Secretary of the Treasury →
participatedIn	negotiation of the Treaty of Ghent →
positionHeld	Member of the United States House of Representatives → Member of the United States Senate → United States Ambassador to France → United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → United States Secretary of the Treasury →
religion	Unitarianism →
represented	Pennsylvania →
residence	New York City → Pennsylvania →
servedUnder	James Madison → Thomas Jefferson →
spouse	Hannah Nicholson Gallatin →
startTime	1801-05-14 →
studied	Native American languages →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Gallatin ("Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin") → Albert Gallatin ("Albert Alphonse Gallatin") →	alsoKnownAs
Trinity Church Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Albert Gallatin statue →	dedicatedTo
Albert Gallatin statue →	depicts
New York University →	founder
Trinity Church →	hasChurchyardBurials
Albert Gallatin statue ("ALBERT GALLATIN") →	hasInscription
Albert Gallatin statue →	mainSubject
Democratic-Republican Party →	majorFigure
Presidency of James Madison →	notableCabinetMember
Treaty of Ghent →	signatory