Gallatin
Americannoun
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Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
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a town in N Tennessee.
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a river in NW Wyoming and SW Montana, flowing NW to join the Jefferson and Madison rivers in forming the Missouri River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
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Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin observed in 1815 that the people “are more Americans; they feel and act more as a nation; and I hope that the permanency of the Union is thereby better secured.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Jurors in Middlesex County deliberated for five hours before acquitting Timothy Puskas of all charges Wednesday in the 2014 death of 22-year-old former Rutgers student William McCaw of Gallatin, Tennessee.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024
Forest Service Supervisor Mary Erickson shut down Custer Gallatin National Forest; it was closed beginning Saturday and won’t reopen until Aug. 23.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023
Jesse McReynolds, who for 55 years was the lead singer and mandolin player with the first-generation bluegrass duo Jim & Jesse, died on Friday at his home in Gallatin, Tenn. He was 93.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023
She even urged that the Alien Act be used to remove Albert Gallatin, the Swiss-born leader of the Republican party in the House of Representatives.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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