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Definition of Old Bullion
1. Noun. United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Bullion
Literary usage of Old Bullion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Chemical Bank, 1823-1913 by Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, Chemical Bank (New York, N.Y.) (1913)
"CHAPTER VII "Old Bullion" IN THE PANIC OF '57 The story that tells how the Chemical
earned its nickname of "Old Bullion" may start from September 21, 1857, ..."
2. History of the Chemical Bank, 1823-1913 by Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, Chemical Bank (New York, N.Y.) (1913)
"CHAPTER VII "Old Bullion" IN THE PANIC OF '57 The story that tells how the Chemical
earned its nickname of "Old Bullion" may start from September 21, 1857, ..."
3. Thomas H. Benton by Joseph Morgan Rogers (1905)
"... "Old Bullion" IF in these years Beaton's sole task had been to kill the National
Bank the achievement would have been of little credit to him. ..."
4. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"... 1835-45—Bank of the State of Missouri—Popular Wishes Denied—Days of "Dog"
Notes—Panic of 1837— Missouri's First Bonds—"Old Bullion," the "Hards" and the ..."
5. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1813)
"... TO Old Bullion. [P.99.J .i' : f • (From the General Evening Post, Jan. i6.]
MR. ... Old Bullion ..."
6. First Blows of the Civil War: The Ten Years of Preliminary Conflict in the by James Shepherd Pike (1879)
"Thereupon Old Bullion began to stamp and roar like a mad bull. He threw back his
coat with both hands and declared that he was unarmed and desired his ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Old Bullion. A nickname given to Thomas H. Benton of Missouri (1782-1858), who
vigorously opposed a paper currency. 1876 He distinguished himself as an ..."
8. A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things by Edward Latham (1904)
"Old Bullion. A nickname of JH Benton, an American Democratic statesman (1782-1858).
Old Buck, v. Old Public Functionary, The. Old Buena Vista. ..."
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