George Mifflin Dallas was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829, the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, and U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom from 1856 to 1861.
Portrait of Dallas by Thomas Sully, 1810
Polk/Dallas campaign poster
Dallas' gravestone at St. Peter's Episcopal churchyard in Philadelphia
The mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The current mayor of Philadelphia is Cherelle Parker, who is the first woman to hold the position.
Mayor of Philadelphia
Image: John Morin Scott, 1789 1858.(page 242 crop)
Image: Albrect Bernhard Uhle (1847 1930), Portrait of Peter Mc Call (1809 1880) (cropped)
Image: Robert T. Conrad