He was the US Minister to Mexico who made the Gadsden purchase. He was also a Southern railroad man with dreams of empire.
The Gadsden Purchase was negotiated in 1853 by James Gadsden. Mexico sold the United States a piece of land in what is now Arizona and New Mexico, in exchange for $10 million. This treaty helped to resolve some unsettled issues from the Mexican-American War and also strengthened the South's claim to the transcontinental railroad (there had been much debate about where this should be located). Some key people include: James Gadsden (the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) President Franklin Pierce (signed the treaty) Jefferson Davis (Pierce's Secretary of War, who strongly influenced this agreement) William Marcy (Pierce's Secretary of State, who instructed Gadsden as to what provisions to push for) Santa Anna (Mexican president who signed the treaty)
The Gadsden - Etowah County Public Library is located at 254 College Street, Gadsden, Alabama.
James Gadsden (1788-1858) qualifies as such.
The Gadsden Purchase was acquired on December 30, 1853 after a treaty was signed by James Gadsden and the current Mexican President at that time ,purchased by the U.S. for $10 million, to end controversial conflict as of where the boarder line was really meant to be.
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James Gadsden was born in 1788.
James Gadsden
James Irvin Gadsden was born on 1948-03-12.
Philip Gadsden (1761-1824) and Catherine Edwards Gadsden(1767-1814)
James Gadsden has written: 'Oration, delivered by Col. James Gadsden, to the Florida Institute of Agriculture, Antiquities and Science, at its first public anniversary, on Thursday, the 4th January, 1827' -- subject(s): Agriculture, Description and travel
The Gadsden Purchase is a region of Arizona and New Mexico. It was bought by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden.
You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.
The address of the Gadsden - Etowah County Public - East Gadsden Branch is: 921 Wilson Avenue, Gadsden, 35903 M
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The Gadsden Purchase was negotiated in 1853 by James Gadsden. Mexico sold the United States a piece of land in what is now Arizona and New Mexico, in exchange for $10 million. This treaty helped to resolve some unsettled issues from the Mexican-American War and also strengthened the South's claim to the transcontinental railroad (there had been much debate about where this should be located). Some key people include: James Gadsden (the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) President Franklin Pierce (signed the treaty) Jefferson Davis (Pierce's Secretary of War, who strongly influenced this agreement) William Marcy (Pierce's Secretary of State, who instructed Gadsden as to what provisions to push for) Santa Anna (Mexican president who signed the treaty)
The phone number of the Gadsden - Etowah County Public - East Gadsden Branch is: 256-549-4691.
John Gadsden's birth name is John Robert Gadsden.