Yet while the debates of Congress, imperfectly reported as they seem to be in its annals, show the deference paid to him by the Republican leaders, and display the great share he took in the definition of powers and of administration as now understood, his name is hardly mentioned in history.

Jefferson and Madison became presidents of the United States.

They, with Gallatin, formed the triumvirate which ruled the country for sixteen years.

Gallatin was the youngest of the three.[9] To this political combination Gallatin brought a knowledge of constitutional law equal to their own, a knowledge of international law superior to that of either, and a habit of practical administration of which they had no conception.

The Republican party lost its chief when Gallatin left the House; from that day it floundered to its close.
In the balance of opinion there are no certain weights and measures.