William L. Marcy

William Learned Marcy was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of State. In the latter office, he negotiated the Gadsden Purchase, the last major acquisition of land in the contiguous United States.

12 December 1786

Born on the same birth day (12 December): Alvin Kraenzlein • Bob Pettit • Bob Thompson (pianist) • Connie Francis • Dawin • Dmitry Tursunov • Don Keith • Ervin Santana • Grover Washington Jr. • Haywood Jeffires • Helen Frankenthaler • Henry Armstrong • John Sandfield Macdonald • Josef Doležal • Lucas Hedges • Nixon Chepseba • Pedro Ríos • Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood • Tyron Smith • Vladimir Shainsky • Wings Hauser • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

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