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  • John Adams Dix
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  • John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland legislature, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix-Hill cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill.
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Office
  • United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • Governor of New York
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serviceyears
  • 1812
term start
  • 1845-01-27
  • 1861-01-15
  • 1873-01-01
Birth Date
  • 1798-07-24
Commands
Branch
death place
  • New York City, New York
Spouse
  • Catherine Morgan Dix
Name
  • John Adams Dix
ImageSize
  • 245
President
Party
  • Democratic, Republican
Birth Place
Title
term end
  • 1849-03-03
  • 1861-03-06
  • 1874-12-31
death date
  • 1879-04-21
Rank
Class
  • 3
jr/sr
  • United States Senator
Successor
Before
Religion
  • Episcopalian
alongside
Years
  • 1833
  • 1845
  • 1861
  • 1863
  • 1866
  • 1872
  • 1873
After
State
  • New York
Profession
  • Politician, Lawyer, Railroad President
lieutenant
Order
  • 24
Image Alt
  • Daguerreotype of Dix, taken between 1844 and 1860
Department
  • Secretary of the Treasury
Signature
  • John Adams Dix Signature.svg
Predecessor
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  • John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland legislature, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix-Hill cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill.
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