• The Gallatin House

    Friendship Hill

    National Historic Site Pennsylvania

Who was Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin is best remembered for his thirteen year tenure as Secretary of the Treasury during the Jefferson and Madison administrations. In that time he reduced the national debt, purchased the Louisiana Territory and funded the Lewis & Clark exploration. Gallatin's accomplishments and contributions are highlighted at Friendship Hill, his restored country estate.

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Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin served as Secretary of Treasury for twelve years and nine months.  Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes (1933 to 1946) is the only person who served in the cabinet longer.  Gallatin’s country estate is preserved at Friendship Hill National Historic Site in Pennsylvania. More...