Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Green, Duff

GREEN, Duff, politician, b. in Kentucky, 15 Aug., 1791; d. in Dalton. Ga.. 10 June, 1875.' He studied law in early life, and was admitted to practice. From 1835 to 1839. during the administration of John Quincy Adams, he edited the opposition journal at Washington. During Jackson's first terra he conducted the administration organ, " The United States Telegram." Mr. Green was credited with immense party power, and it was believed that he influenced the policy of the executive; but in 1830, on the alienation of John C. Calhoun, he took sides with the vice-president. He supported Henry Clay for the presidency in 1833, and j\Ir. Calhoun in 1836, and for many years was a political power in his section of the country. His later life was devoted to the advancement of the industrial interests of the south. He was the author of " Facts and Suggestions " (New York, 1866).