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George Graham
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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.
Graham fell ill with acute dysentery on his return trip from Champ d"Asile, but was healed by Atakapa natives.
He was president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States, 1819–1823, and commissioner of the United States. land office, 1823 - 1830. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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