George Graham (soldier)

George Graham (soldier)

George Graham (1772 – August 9, 1830) served as acting U.S. Secretary of War under two U.S. Presidential administrations from 1815 to 1818. Outside of his Cabinet service, he is best known for a mission to Galveston Island, Texas to persuade the small Bonapartist colony of Champ d'Asile to accept American jurisdiction. There he met with privateer Jean Laffite. This voyage is considered the first Anglo-American account of a sea voyage to Texas.cite web
title = Graham, George
work = The Handbook of Texas Online
url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/fgr3.html
accessdate = 2007-03-09 ] Graham fell ill with acute dysentery on his return trip from Champ d'Asile, but was healed by Atakapa natives.cite book
last = Wiggins
first = Melanie
coauthors = Linsley, Judith Walker
title = They Made Their Own Law: Stories of Bolivar Peninsula
publisher = Rice University Press
date = 1991
pages = 7-8
id = 0892633077] He was president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States, 1819 - 1823, and commissioner of the U.S. land office, 1823 - 1830.cite web
title = George Graham, Captain, United States Army & Public Servant
work = ArlingtonCemetery.net
url = http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/g-graham.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-09 ]

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/g-graham.htm ArlingtonCemetery.net: George Graham, Captain, United States Army & Public Servant]
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