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Albert Gallatin

1761 - 1849

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Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years of the United States, helping shape the new republic's financial system and foreign policy. Gallatin was a prominent member of the Democratic-Republican Party, represented Pennsylvania in both chambers of Congress, and held several influential roles across four presidencies, most notably as the longest serving U.S. secretary of the treasury. He is also known for his contributions to academia, namely as the founder of New York University and cofounder of the American Ethnological Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Gallatin is the 14,191st most popular politician (up from 14,528th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 512th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert Gallatin ranks 14,191 out of 19,576. Before him are Mislav of Croatia, Carolyn Maloney, Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, Oliver Ivanović, Suella Braverman, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus. After him are Jane Marcet, Élie Lescot, Samuel Dexter, Harihara I, Florence Devouard, and Gartnait I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Albert Gallatin ranks 37. Before him are Pierre Gaveaux, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, William Gregor, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Dorothea Jordan, and Richard Anthony Salisbury. After him are Samuel Dexter, Ludwig Abeille, Henry Shrapnel, Joshua Brookes, John Opie, and John Rennie the Elder. Among people deceased in 1849, Albert Gallatin ranks 55. Before him are Pavel Chichagov, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, and Jacob Perkins. After him are Filippo Paulucci, Mariano Paredes, Ján Hollý, William Townsend Aiton, José María Carreño, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albert Gallatin ranks 482 out of 1,015. Before him are Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Théodore Flournoy (1854), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), Bernard Fellay (1958), Adolf Meyer (1866), and Émil Goeldi (1859). After him are Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Emil Frey (1838), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Robert Pinget (1919), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), and Alex Zülle (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Albert Gallatin ranks 90. Before him are Kaspar Villiger (1941), Stefano Franscini (1796), Fritz Honegger (1917), Otto Stich (1927), Johannes Baumann (1874), and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963). After him are Emil Frey (1838), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Numa Droz (1844), Daniel Risch (1978), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), and Kurt Furgler (1924).

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