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Benjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th U.S. Treasury Secretary and the first Solicitor General. A Union military officer, Bristow was a Republican Party reformer and civil rights advocate.
Benjamin Helm Bristow (* 20. Juni 1832 in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky; † 22. Juni 1896 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, erster United States Solicitor General und Finanzminister .
18. Sept. 2023 · Benjamin H. Bristow. 1st Solicitor General, 1870 - 1872. Benjamin Bristow was born June 20, 1832 in Elkton, KY, the son of Francis M. and Emily E. (Helm) Bristow. After graduating from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania in 1851, he studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and for a time was his father's ...
Benjamin Helm Bristow (born June 20, 1832, Elkton, Ky., U.S.—died June 22, 1896, New York, N.Y.) was a lawyer and statesman who, as U.S. secretary of the treasury (1874–76), successfully prosecuted the Whiskey Ring, a group of Western distillers who had evaded payment of federal whiskey taxes.
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Benjamin H. Bristow (1832 - 1896) served as the first Solicitor General (1870 - 1872) and was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Grant in 1874. He promptly initiated a much needed internal reorganization of the.
29. März 2022 · The Whiskey Ring’s once-tight knot of secrecy started to unravel in June 1874, when President Grant appointed Benjamin H. Bristow to replace Secretary of the Treasury William Richardson—who had resigned after being implicated in a different scandal. When he learned of the Whiskey Ring, Bristow dedicated himself to breaking the ...
One of the champions of civil rights in that era of detraction was Benjamin Helm Bristow. Born on June 20, 1832, at Elkton, Kentucky, Bristow was the son of Francis Marion Bristow, outspoken congressional critic of secession in 1861.1 After attending Jefferson College in Pennsylvania , Bristow read law in his father's office. With the outbreak ...
