John A Dix was an American politiican. He was born in 1798 at New Hampshire and died in 1879. He was in the army from 1812 until 1828. From 1833 until 1840 he was Secretary of the State of New York, and became a member of the 'Albany Regency'. From 1845 until 1849 he was a Democratic Senator. In the last months of Buchanan's administration he was Secretary of the Treasury, and aided to restore confidence in the Federal Government. An ardent 'War Democrat', he served through the war as a major-general of volunteers. From 1872 until 1874 he was Governor of New York. Research John A Dix
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