John Adams Dix
U.S. Congressperson
1798 – 1879
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Who was John Adams Dix?
John Adams Dix was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland legislature, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix-Hill cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1798
Boscawen - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Died
- Apr 21, 1879
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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