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John Adams Dix ( July 24, 1798– April 21, 1879) was an American politician. He served as the Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator from New York, and Governor. He was also a distinguished Civil War General.
Dix was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire. He joined the Royal Artillery as a military cadet at the age of 14. He served in the United States Army, having attained the rank of captain.
In 1826, Dix married Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter of Congressman John J. Morgan , who gave Dix a job overseeing his upstate New York land holdings in Cooperstown. John and Catherine moved to Cooperston in 1828, and John practiced law in addition to overseeing the land holdings. Dix was appointed Adjutant General of New York State by Governor Throop, he moved to Albany, New York in 1830, and he served as New York State Secretary of StateUnited Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a senior Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department. Secretary of State positions can be created without primary legislation; and legislation refers to 'Secretary of State', which is.
Dix was elected as a Democratlogo depicts a stylized donkey in red, white, and blue. The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. The Party is currently the minority in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as w to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas Wright, Jr., and served from 1845Events January 29 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time New York Evening Mirror . March 1 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March 3 Florida is admitted as the 27th U. to 1849Events January 23 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor January 31 Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom February 14 In New York City, James Knox Polk be. He was not a candidate for reelection, having become a candidate for Governor. He was an unsuccessful Free-Soil candidate for Governor in 18481848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events Sri Lanka The Revolution of 1848 (qv. a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. January 24 California gold rush: Jame.
Later, he was appointed postmaster of the city of New York and served from 1860Events March 6 Abraham Lincoln speaks against slavery in New Haven, Connecticut April 3 The Pony Express makes its first run. May 9 The Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. May 13 Batt to 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United. He was appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury by President James Buchanan in 1861.
During the Civil War, as a major general in the Union army, he commanded the Department of Virginia from June, 1862 until July, 1863, and the Department of the East from July, 1863 until April, 1865.
He was the United States Minister to France from 1866 to 1869.
He served as the Governor of New York in his seventies, as one of the oldest governors of New York, between 1873 and 1875; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874. He suffered another defeat when he ran for the mayor of New York City in 1876. He died in New York City and was interred in the Trinity Church Cemetery.
He is not to be confused with John Alden Dix, another Governor of New York, who served in the 1910s.