Mr. Speaker. on January 29. we again celebrate the anniversary of Albert Gallatin. born 197 years ago in Geneva. Switzerland. who emigrated to America in 1780 and became A801 one of the great guiding forces in the Government of our new Republic. Through the force of his intelligence. the wisdom of his policy. the tenacity of his purpose. Albert Gallatin so far overshadowed most of his contemporaries that he soon became the chosen confidant and close collaborator of Presidents Jefferson and Madison. For many years. he served Jefferson as Secretary of the Treasury. and as his emissary abroad on the most delicate of diplomatic missions.
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