History of Dalton, (Madison County) Georgia United States of America

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Duff Green, diplomatist, was born in Woodford county, Ky., Aug. 15, 1791; son of William Green, a soldier in the American Revolution; and grandson of a cousin of George Washington. His mother was a relative of Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky. He pursued his studies at home and was the instructor of his younger brothers and sisters. He enlisted in the war of 1812 on his twenty-first birthday. He settled in Missouri Territory where he taught a school, conducted a country store, studied law, and was admitted to practice. He was a delegate to the convention called to organize a state government in 1821, and in 1823 was elected a state senator. The same year he assumed the editorial management of the St. Louis Engineer. He also established the first line of stages west of the Mississippi river. In 1824 he removed to Washington, D.C., where he purchased the United States Telegraph and used its columns in advancing the candidacy and election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. He opposed the election of Jackson in 1832 and lost the government patronage to his newspaper amounting to $50,000 annually. He supported Calhoun in 1836. He was entrusted with important missions abroad by President Jackson and by Secretaries Van Buren and Livingston, making frequent visits to the several courts of Europe, where he conferred with great statesmen and rulers. In 1840 the suggested to the Whig convention the nomination of John Tyler for vice-president. In 1843 Mr. Calhoun, then secretary of state in the cabinet of President Tyler, sent Mr. Green to Mexico to aid in conducting negotiations for the acquirement of the territory of Texas, New Mexico and California from that government, and on his way he visited the president of Texas. In 1849 he was sent to Mexico by President Taylor to arrange the payment of indemnity in exchange instead of specie which he effected to the great gain to the government. He was a messenger from Buchanan to Lincoln in 1861, constructed the Tennessee railroad from Dalton, Ga., to Knoxville, Tenn., and founded Dalton. He is the author of Facts and Suggestions (1866). He died at Dalton, Ga., June 10. 1875.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Dalton, (Madison County) Georgia

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