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Albert Gallatin - America's Forgotten Founding Father

Albert Gallatin is best remembered for his thirteen year tenure as Secretary of the Treasury during the Jefferson and Madison administrations. In that time he reduced the national debt, purchased the Louisiana Territory and funded the Lewis & Clark exploration. Gallatin's accomplishments and contributions are highlighted at Friendship Hill, his restored country estate.Read More

Hiker and statue of Albert Gallatin Meet Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin served the American public for almost seven decades as a Congressman, cabinet member, and diplomat.

View of Albert Gallatin looking through a surveying instrument Hours of Operation

If the Gallatin House Visitor Center is open, the house will be open 9 AM to 5 PM. The grounds are open sunrise to sunset daily, year-round.

A map of Pennsylvania with rebels in the west and President Washington's cabinet in the east Whiskey Rebellion

Take a nine-question quiz to find out whether you would have been a rebel, a federalist or a moderate during the whiskey rebellion.

Last updated: January 22, 2026