Duff Green was an American teacher, military leader, Democratic Party politician, journalist, author, diplomat, industrialist, and businessman.
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12 Facts About Duff Green
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Duff Green was a school teacher in his native state of Kentucky and served under General William Henry Harrison in the Kentucky militia in the War of 1812 and led the Missouri Brigade in the Indian Campaign, earning the rank brigadier general.
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Duff Green then settled in Missouri, where he worked as a schoolmaster and practiced law.
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Duff Green became one of the coterie of unofficial advisers of Jackson, known as the Kitchen Cabinet, on which Jackson depended heavily after the Petticoat affair.
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Duff Green continued to edit The United States Telegraph in the Calhoun interest until 1835 and gave vigorous support to Calhoun's views in the Nullification Crisis.
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From 1835 to 1838, Duff Green edited The Reformation, a radically partisan publication, devoted to free trade, states' rights, and the idea of "Manifest Destiny".
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In January 1844, Duff Green established in New York City a short-lived journal, The Republic, to combat the spoils system and to advocate free trade.
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Subsequently, Duff Green was engaged in railway building in Georgia and Alabama.
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Duff Green was one of the founding associates in the incorporation of the New Mexican Railway Company.
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Duff Green was attracted to Dalton, Georgia in 1851 by the construction of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad from Knoxville, Tennessee to connect with the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
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Duff Green was one of the founding members of the Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, incorporated November 1,1859 in Pennsylvania.
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