1. John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer, slaveholder, and businessman.
16 Facts About John Slidell
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John Slidell was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, US House of Representatives and the US Senate.
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John Slidell was one of two Confederate diplomats captured by the United States Navy from the British ship RMS Trent in 1861 and later released.
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John Slidell was the older brother of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a US naval officer.
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John Slidell was born to merchant John Slidell and Margery nee Mackenzie, a Scot.
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John Slidell graduated from Columbia University in 1810.
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John Slidell was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1829 to 1833; his brother Thomas Slidell held the post from 1837 to 1838.
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John Slidell was instructed to offer, among other alternatives, a maximum of $25 million for California by Polk and his administration.
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John Slidell warned Polk that the Mexican reluctance to negotiate a peaceful solution might require a show of military force by the United States to defend the border.
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John Slidell developed a close friendship with James Buchanan when Buchanan was Secretary of State.
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John Slidell was elected to the Senate in 1853 and cast his lot with other pro-Southern congressmen to repeal the Missouri Compromise, acquire Cuba, and admit Kansas as a slave state.
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At the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1860, Slidell plotted with Fire-Eaters, such as William Lowndes Yancey of Alabama, to stymie the nomination of the popular Northern Democratic Senator Stephen A Douglas of Illinois.
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John Slidell soon accepted a diplomatic appointment to represent the Confederacy in France.
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John Slidell was one of the two Confederate diplomats involved in the Trent Affair in November 1861.
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John Slidell died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, at age 78.
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John Slidell was the brother of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a naval officer who commanded the USS Somers, on which a unique event occurred in 1842 off the coast of Africa during the Blockade of Africa.