From April 30, 2016, Wicked Local Mendon (Massachusetts)
Jonathan Russell II was one of the five U.S. commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
A quiz on Jonathan Russell II accompanies the article. I didn't take take it. I'd never heard of him before.
Russell was born on February 27, 1771, in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island , studied law, but didn't practice. He was noted for his orator skills.
President Madison appointed him charge d'affaires in Paris in 1810 and the next year the same position in London. From 1814 to 1818, he was minister to Sweden and Norway.
The other U.S. negotiators were John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin. Only Russell and Clay voted against the treaty.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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