Background
Graham, John was born in 1774 in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard and Jane (Brent) Graham.
Graham, John was born in 1774 in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard and Jane (Brent) Graham.
Graduate Columbia College, 1790.
Went to Kentucky, 1790. Member Kentucky Legislature, 1800. Attached to American embassy, Madrid, Spain, 1st as secretary of legation, later charge d’affaires, 1801-1803.
Appointed secretary Territory of Orleans, 1804, investigated activities of Aaron Burr regarding his scheme to seize Western lands.
Chief clerk unites states department of State, 1807-1817. United States secretary of state ad interim, 1817.
Named minister plenipotentiary to Portugal, 1819.
Member Kentucky Legislature, 1800.
Married Susan Hill.