Honors
Dallas County, Alabama and Dallas Township, Pennsylvania are named for him. Six U.S. Coast Guard Cutters have been named DALLAS, the most recent was USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716). Fort Dallas in Florida and the U.S. Navy ship USS Dallas (DD-199) were named after his son, Alexander J. Dallas, who died during his Navy service.
His other son George Mifflin Dallas was Vice President under James K. Polk and one possible namesake for Dallas, Texas; his father and brother are other possible namesakes of the Texas city.
His daughter, Sophia Burrell Dallas, married on April 4, 1805 Richard Bache, Jr., the son of Richard Bache, Sr. a marine insurance underwriter and importer in Philadelphia and served as United States Postmaster General from 1776 to 1782. His mother was Sarah Franklin Bache (September 11, 1743 – October 5, 1808) was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and Deborah Read.
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