Albert Gallatin: America’s Swiss Founding Father

Statue of Albert Gallatin in front of the north side of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. - Image via Wikipedia

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The Embassy of Switzerland invites you to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the birth of Albert Gallatin, the most prominent Swiss-American in U.S. history.

Albert Gallatin, born in January 1761 and raised in Geneva, immigrated to the United States and became a U.S. Senator, a Congressman, the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. Minister to France and Britain, and the first president of the Council of New York University, among other distinctions.

In honor of Albert Gallatin’s 250th birthday year, the Swiss Confederation has launched the Gallatin250 Project, including the Gallatin250 Roundtables. The Gallatin250 Roundtables will be organized as a series of events throughout the U.S. to address the topic of public debt and fiscal responsibility.