Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1824–1830. While serving earlier as Superintendent of Trade and Indian Affairs, McKenney helped gain passage of the Indian Civilization Act of 1819. Eleven years later, he helped draft and gain passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. While in office, McKenney commissioned paintings of Native diplomats by portraitist Charles Bird King. This effort eventually led him to compile the three-volume History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836-1844).
Based on a painting by Charles Loring Elliott.
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