Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p During the Presidential Administration of Ulysses S. Grant there were reforms, investigations, and prosecutions implemented by President Grant, Congress, and several of his Cabinet members. Historians have traditionally focused on President Grant Administration scandals, while some historians have noted this is an exaggeration, since Grant established the first Civil Service Commission, and ended the moiety system. Historian H.W. Brands has noted that the Grant Administration thwarted the 1869 Gold Ring in addition to the successful prosecution the Whiskey Ring in 1876. The Grant Administration took place during Reconstruction and a boom and bust economy following the Civil War that fueled financial corruption in Government offices. The Grant Administration was known to fluctuate between the forces of reform and corruption. Several of Grant's Cabinet members supported and implemented Civil Service reform in their respected federal departments. President Grant signed a bill into law that allowed the Postal Department to prosecute pornography through the mail, a law that is still in effect today. President Grant appointed several leading reformers including Hamilton Fish, Benjamin Bristow, and Edwards Pierrepont. During his first administration Grant prosecuted and shut down the Ku Klux Klan under the Enforcement Acts he signed into law in 1870 and 1871. Grant, a trained military leader, was often at odds with Cabinet reformers whom he believed were insubordinate to his administration. On several occasions Grant dismissed Cabinet reformers without notice or explanation.. }
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- Ulysses_S._Grant_presidential_administration_reforms abstract "During the Presidential Administration of Ulysses S. Grant there were reforms, investigations, and prosecutions implemented by President Grant, Congress, and several of his Cabinet members. Historians have traditionally focused on President Grant Administration scandals, while some historians have noted this is an exaggeration, since Grant established the first Civil Service Commission, and ended the moiety system. Historian H.W. Brands has noted that the Grant Administration thwarted the 1869 Gold Ring in addition to the successful prosecution the Whiskey Ring in 1876. The Grant Administration took place during Reconstruction and a boom and bust economy following the Civil War that fueled financial corruption in Government offices. The Grant Administration was known to fluctuate between the forces of reform and corruption. Several of Grant's Cabinet members supported and implemented Civil Service reform in their respected federal departments. President Grant signed a bill into law that allowed the Postal Department to prosecute pornography through the mail, a law that is still in effect today. President Grant appointed several leading reformers including Hamilton Fish, Benjamin Bristow, and Edwards Pierrepont. During his first administration Grant prosecuted and shut down the Ku Klux Klan under the Enforcement Acts he signed into law in 1870 and 1871. Grant, a trained military leader, was often at odds with Cabinet reformers whom he believed were insubordinate to his administration. On several occasions Grant dismissed Cabinet reformers without notice or explanation.".