Donelson, Andrew Jackson, Papers 1844-1846

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Donelson, Andrew Jackson, Papers 1844-1846

Consisting of two printed items, the Andrew Jackson Donelson Papers, 1844-1846, document the career of Donelson as a United States diplomat.

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Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871

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Andrew Jackson Donelson was nephew, ward, and personal secretary to President Andrew Jackson throughout his administration. President John Tyler (1841-1845) appointed him chargeĢ d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas and he was U.S. Minister to Prussia from 1846 to 1849. Donelson was nominated as the vice-presidential candidate of former President Millard Fillmore on the American Party ticket in 1856, but they garnered only 8 electoral votes. From the description o...