Alexander James Dallas was an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. Dallas was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Dr. Robert Charles Dallas (1710 – 1769) and Sarah Elizabeth (Cormack) Hewitt. When he was five his family moved to Edinburgh (his father was a Scotsman) and then to London. There he studied under James Elphinston. He planned to study law, but was unable to afford it.

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  • Alexander James Dallas was an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. Dallas was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Dr. Robert Charles Dallas (1710 – 1769) and Sarah Elizabeth (Cormack) Hewitt. When he was five his family moved to Edinburgh (his father was a Scotsman) and then to London. There he studied under James Elphinston. He planned to study law, but was unable to afford it. He married Arabella Maria Smith of Pennsylvania, the daughter of Maj. George Smith of the British Army and Arabella Barlow (in turn the daughter of the Rev. William Barlow and Arabella Trevanion, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Trevanion), in 1780 and the next year they moved to Jamaica. There he was admitted to the bar through his father's connections. Maria's health suffered in Jamaica and they moved to Philadelphia in 1783. Dallas was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1785. His law practice was slow and on the side he edited the Pennsylvania Herald from 1787 to 1788 and the Columbian Magazine from 1787 to 1789. When the United States Supreme Court came to Philadelphia in 1791, he would become their first reporter of decisions starting with West v. Barnes (1791). Because the post of reporter was an unofficial one, Dallas did his work from his own funds. The volumes, of which he produced only four, were faulted for being incomplete, inaccurate, and extremely tardy. For example, the landmark ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) which prompted the Eleventh Amendment, was not reported by Dallas until five years later, well after the Amendment had been ratified. When he abandoned reporting of decisions when the Court moved to the new capital, Washington, D.C. , he declared "I have found such miserable encouragement for my reports that I have determined to call them all in, and devote them to the rats in the State-House. " He was a founder of the Democratic-Republican Societies in 1793. Governor Thomas Mifflin named Dallas secretary of the commonwealth, a post he held from 1791 to 1801. Because Mifflin was an alcoholic, Dallas functioned as de facto governor for much of the late 1790s. Dallas helped found the Democratic-Republican party in Pennsylvania and advocated a strict construction of the new Constitution. In 1801, he was named United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and served until 1814. When his friend Albert Gallatin was treasury secretary when the War of 1812 began, he helped Gallatin obtain funds to fight Britain. The war nearly bankrupted the country by the time Dallas replaced Gallatin as treasury secretary. Dallas reorganized the Treasury Department, brought the government budget back into surplus, championed the creation of the Second Bank of the United States, and put the nation back on the specie system. From March 14, 1815 to December 1815 he was acting Secretary of War and for a time that year was acting Secretary of State as well. He returned to Philadelphia, but lived only a year. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society from 1791 and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Dallas County, Alabama and Dallas Township, Pennsylvania are named for him, and Fort Dallas in Florida and the U.S. Navy ship USS Dallas (DD-199) were named after his son, Alexander J. Dallas, who died during his Navy service. His other son George Mifflin Dallas was Vice President under James K. Polk and one possible namesake for Dallas, Texas; his father and brother are other possible namesakes of the Texas city.
  • Alexander James Dallas war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Finanzminister.
  • Alexander James Dallas est un homme d'État américain et le secrétaire au Trésor des États-Unis sous la présidence de James Madison.
  • アレクサンダー・ジェイムズ・ダラス（Alexander James Dallas, 1759年6月21日 - 1817年1月16日）は、ジェームズ・マディスン大統領の下で財務長官を務めたアメリカ合衆国の政治家。
  • Alexander James Dallas var en amerikansk advokat og demokratisk-republikansk politiker kjent som landets 6. finansminister i perioden mellom 6. oktober 1814 til 21. oktober 1816 under president James Madison. Dallas ble født på Jamaica, men flyttet sammen med foreldrene til Skottlands hovedstad Edinburgh da han var fem år gammel. Derifra flyttet han videre med familien til London og forsøkte å studere rettsvitenskap, men med begrensede midler måtte han gi opp. Dallas giftet seg i 1780 med Arabella Maria Smith fra Pennsylvania, og året etter flyttet de tilbake til Jamaica hvor han lyktes å bli advokat takket være farens kontakter. På grunn av helsetilstanden til Arabella Maria flyttet de nordover til USA og Philadelphia i 1783. Dallas fikk oppdraget med å rapportere De forente staters høyesteretts domsavgjørelser i perioden 1790 til 1800. Han hadde ingen forgjengere som rapportør ettersom høyesteretten var i samling for aller første gang i 1790. Oppdraget var derfor ikke sett på som offisielt, og Dallas måtte selv bekoste rapportene, som i ettertid har blitt kritisert for manglende nøyaktighet. Som sekretær i delstaten Pennsylvania i perioden 1791 til 1801 fikk han utøve seg i guvernørstillingen i den senere delen av 1790-tallet på grunn av guvernør Thomas Mifflins alkoholisme. Dallas var med på å grunnlegge det demokratisk-republikanske partiet i Pennsylvanias, og han arbeidet som distriktsaktor i perioden 1801 til 1814. Da finansminister Albert Gallatin hadde problemer med å finansisere USAs forsvar under den britisk-amerikanske krigen hjalp Dallas finansministeren ved å skaffe til veie penger til krigføringen mot Storbritannia. Da Dallas selv ble utnevnt til finansminister i 1814 var USA på randen av konkurs, men han lyktes i å få overskudd på statsbudsjettet og kjempet hardt for å kunne grunnlegge en ny nasjonalbank under navnet Second Bank of the United States. Etter at hans tid i James Madisons kabinet var ute i 1816 dro han tilbake til Philadelphia hvor han døde 16. januar 1817. Hans sønn George M. Dallas ble James K. Polks visepresident i perioden 1845 til 1849. Dallas County i Alabama har for øvrig fått sitt navn etter Alexander James Dallas.
  • Александр Джеймс Даллас (англ. Alexander James Dallas) — 6-й Секретарь казначейства США. Родился в Кингстоне, Ямайка.
  • Alexander James Dallas, född 21 juni 1759 i Kingston på Jamaica, död 16 januari 1817 i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, var amerikansk politiker (demokrat-republikan). När han var fem flyttade han med föräldrarna från Jamaica till Skottlands huvudstad Edinburgh. Därifrån flyttade familjen till London. Han hade inte råd med att studera juridik där. Han gifte sig 1780 med Arabella Maria Smith från Pennsylvania. Följande året flyttade de till Jamaica. Där lyckades Dallas bli advokat tack vare faderns kontakter. Marias hälsa led på Jamaica och de flyttade 1783 till Philadelphia. Dallas hade uppdraget att rapportera s domslut 1790-1800. Han hade inte haft någon företrädare som rapportör, eftersom högsta domstolen var i session för allra första gången 1790. Uppdraget var inte officiellt ännu och Dallas måste själv bekosta rapporterna. Dallas rapporter har kritiserats för bristande noggrannhet. Som sekreterare i delstaten Pennsylvania 1791-1801 fick Dallas sköta guvernörsjobbet till stor del under senare delen av 1790-talet på grund av guvernör Thomas Mifflins alkoholism. Dallas var med om att grunda Pennsylvanias demokrat-republikaner. Han arbetade som distriktsåklagare 1801-1814. När Dallas vän, finansminister Albert Gallatin hade svårt med att finansiera USA:s försvar i 1812 års krig, hjälpte Dallas finansministern i att få fram pengar till kriget mot Storbritannien. I det skedet när Dallas själv blev finansminister, var USA nära konkurs. Han lyckades få statsbudgeten att visa överskott igen och kämpade hårt för grundadet av en ny nationalbank, Second Bank of the United States. Efter tiden i regeringen återvände Dallas 1816 till Philadelphia, var han dog följande år. Hans son George M. Dallas var James K. Polks . Dallas County, Alabama har fått sitt namn efter finansministern Alexander J. Dallas.
  • 亚历山大·詹姆斯·达拉斯（Alexander James Dallas，1759年6月21日 - 1817年1月16日），美国政治家，美国民主-共和党成员，曾任美国财政部长（1814年-1816年）。
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  • Alexander James Dallas was an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. Dallas was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Dr. Robert Charles Dallas (1710 – 1769) and Sarah Elizabeth (Cormack) Hewitt. When he was five his family moved to Edinburgh (his father was a Scotsman) and then to London. There he studied under James Elphinston. He planned to study law, but was unable to afford it.
  • Alexander James Dallas war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Finanzminister.
  • Alexander James Dallas est un homme d'État américain et le secrétaire au Trésor des États-Unis sous la présidence de James Madison.
  • アレクサンダー・ジェイムズ・ダラス（Alexander James Dallas, 1759年6月21日 - 1817年1月16日）は、ジェームズ・マディスン大統領の下で財務長官を務めたアメリカ合衆国の政治家。
  • Alexander James Dallas var en amerikansk advokat og demokratisk-republikansk politiker kjent som landets 6. finansminister i perioden mellom 6. oktober 1814 til 21. oktober 1816 under president James Madison. Dallas ble født på Jamaica, men flyttet sammen med foreldrene til Skottlands hovedstad Edinburgh da han var fem år gammel. Derifra flyttet han videre med familien til London og forsøkte å studere rettsvitenskap, men med begrensede midler måtte han gi opp.
  • Александр Джеймс Даллас (англ. Alexander James Dallas) — 6-й Секретарь казначейства США. Родился в Кингстоне, Ямайка.
  • Alexander James Dallas, född 21 juni 1759 i Kingston på Jamaica, död 16 januari 1817 i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, var amerikansk politiker (demokrat-republikan). När han var fem flyttade han med föräldrarna från Jamaica till Skottlands huvudstad Edinburgh. Därifrån flyttade familjen till London. Han hade inte råd med att studera juridik där. Han gifte sig 1780 med Arabella Maria Smith från Pennsylvania. Följande året flyttade de till Jamaica.
  • 亚历山大·詹姆斯·达拉斯（Alexander James Dallas，1759年6月21日 - 1817年1月16日），美国政治家，美国民主-共和党成员，曾任美国财政部长（1814年-1816年）。
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