Question

A politician from this family who served as the 6th Treasury Secretary worked with Henry Clay to pass a bill establishing the Second Bank of the United States. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this family of a rival of James Buchanan who successfully replaced Silas Wright as vice presidential nominee. As vice president, that member of this family called for the annexation of all of Mexico.
ANSWER: Dallas [or George Dallas; or Alexander Dallas]
[10e] George Dallas, who may not actually be the namesake of the Texas city, served as vice president to this Democratic president who oversaw the Mexican-American War.
ANSWER: James Knox Polk
[10m] Alexander Dallas succeeded this longest-serving Treasury Secretary, who appointed George Dallas as his private secretary. This Genevan-born politician also served as Minister to France under James Monroe.
ANSWER: Albert Gallatin [or Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin]
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