Christopher Gore

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Massachusetts Federalist politician; governor and senator (1758-1827)

United States PoliticiansLived 1758 to 1827 · aged 68

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S. diplomat. Born into a family divided by the American Revolution, Gore sided with the victorious Patriots, established a successful law practice in Boston, and built a fortune by purchasing Revolutionary government debts at a discount and receiving full value for them from the government.

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Rufus King became a lifelong friend of Gore's while they were at Harvard.

Gore's business partner William Duer

The First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia

William Pinkney served as Gore's cocommissioner in England

Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts

Gore defeated Levi Lincoln Sr. in the 1809 Massachusetts governor's race.

The seal of Cambridge, Massachusetts with Gore Hall, Harvard's since abolished library, in the center

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Christopher Gore was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer, Federalist politician, and U.S. diplomat. Born into a family divided by the American Revolution, Gore sided with the victorious Patriots, established a successful law practice in Boston, and built a fortune by purchasing Revolutionary government debts at a discount and receiving full value for them from the government.

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