John Slidell
1793–1871
American politician and diplomat. United States senator for Louisiana, 1853–61. Appointed Confederate diplomatic commissioner to France in 1861; his detention, along with James Murray Mason, by the United States Navy in November 1861 caused a tense diplomatic situation to develop between the United States and Britain.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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