Nicholas Trist

Nicholas Trist
Portrait by John Neagle, in 1835
16th Chief Clerk of the Department of State
In office August 28, 1845 – April 14, 1847
President	James K. Polk
Preceded by	William S. Derrick
Succeeded by	William S. Derrick
Personal details
Born	Nicholas Trist June 2, 1800 Charlottesville, Virginia
Died	February 11, 1874 (aged 73) Alexandria, Virginia
Resting place	Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)[1]
Education	United States Military Academy (did not graduate)
Known for	Negotiations for the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Nicholas Philip Trist (June 2, 1800 – February 11, 1874) was an American lawyer, diplomat, planter, and businessman. Even though he had been dismissed by President James K. Polk as the negotiator with the Mexican government, he negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. The U.S. conquered Mexican territory and vastly expanded the United States. All or part of ten current states were carved out of former Mexican territory.