James Gadsden

James Gadsden ( born May 15, 1788 in Charleston, South Carolina, † December 25, 1858 ibid ) was the namesake of the Gadsden purchase, where the U.S. bought land from Mexico in 1853.

Life

James Gadsden was a grandson of Christopher Gadsden, a prominent participant in the independence movement. In 1806 he went to Yale his Bachelor. In the British -American War he served as an officer in the U.S. Army under General Andrew Jackson and was responsible in 1818 for the construction of a formerly British forts in Florida, then the Jackson Fort Gadsden baptized.

1823 Gadsden was commissioned by the government to assist in the movement of the Seminoles to reservations. From 1840 to 1850 he was president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company and was involved in a southern transcontinental route ( history of the railroad in North America).

In 1853 he was commissioned as an envoy to buy from Mexico Country ( Gadsden Purchase ) in order to build this railway route more easily.