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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In January 1870, the Mississippi Legislature elected Hiram R. Revels to take the seat vacated when Albert Gallatin Brown had resigned from the Senate to join the Confederate army.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
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
Rangers issued an emergency closure for areas of the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
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
When Elvis and Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came along, we listened to them too, usually on WLS out of Chicago, but our hearts were always with the black groups Gallatin brought us.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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