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[[Image:AlbertGallatin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Painting of Albert Gallatin]]

[[Image:AlbertGallatin.jpg|thumb|right|Painting of Albert Gallatin]]

'''Albert Gallatin''' (1761 - 1849) was an American statesman and scholar who served as the United States [[Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1801 to 1814 under presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]]. Expert in finance, Gallatin designed and implemented [[Democratic-Republican Party|Republican]] fiscal policies by lowering taxes, reducing the national debt, and financing both the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[War of 1812]]. He later had a long diplomatic career. An accomplished linguist, Gallatin was one of the first to examine the languages of Native Americans and pioneered [[anthropology]] in America.

'''Albert Gallatin''' (1761 - 1849) was an American statesman and scholar who served as the United States [[Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1801 to 1814 under presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]]. Expert in finance, Gallatin designed and implemented [[Jeffersonian Republican]] fiscal policies by lowering taxes, reducing the national debt, and financing both the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[War of 1812]]. He later had a long diplomatic career. An accomplished linguist, Gallatin was one of the first to examine the languages of Native Americans and pioneered [[anthropology]] in America.

==Early life==

==Early life==