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- Benjamin_Bristow abstract "Benjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as the first Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. Treasury Secretary. As the United States first Solicitor General, Bristow aided President Ulysses S. Grant and Attorney General Amos T. Akerman vigorous and thorough prosecution and destruction of the Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstructed South. Sol. Gen. Bristow advocated African American citizens in Kentucky be allowed to testify in a white man's court case and that education was for all races to be paid for by public funding. As Secretary of the Treasury, Bristow promoted gold standard currency and by President Grant's order thoroughly prosecuted and shut down the notorious Whiskey Ring, a tax evasion scheme that depleted that national Treasury. As a strong reformer, Secretary Bristow was one of the most popular Grant Cabinet members among other reformers in the nation. Secretary Bristow was also behind the Resumption of Specie Act of 1875, that helped stabilize the economy during the Panic of 1873.A native of Kentucky, Bristow was the son of a prominent Whig Unionist and attorney. Having graduated Jefferson College in Pennsylvania in 1851, Bristow studied law and passed the bar in 1853, working as an Attorney until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Fighting for the Union, Bristow served in the army during the American Civil War and was promoted to Colonel. Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, Bristow recuperated and would be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. In 1863, Bristow was elected Kentucky state Senator serving only one term. At the end of the Civil War, Bristow was appointed assistant to the U.S. District Attorney serving in the Louisville area, In 1866, Bristow was appointed U.S. District attorney serving in the Louisville area.In 1870, Bristow was appointed the United States first U.S. Solicitor General, who aided the U.S. Attorney General by arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1874, Bristow was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury by President Ulysses S. Grant. In June 1876, due to friction over Bristow's zealous prosecution of the Whiskey Ring and rumor that Bristow was interested in running for the U.S. Presidency, Bristow resigned from President Grant's Cabinet. During the Presidential Election of 1876, Bristow made an unsuccessful attempt at gaining the Republican Presidential ticket, running as a Republican reformer; the Republicans, however, chose Rutherford B. Hayes. After the 1876 Presidential election, Bristow returned to private practice in New York forming a successful law practice in 1878, often arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court until his death in 1896.".
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- Benjamin_Bristow activeYearsStartDate "1874-06-04".
- Benjamin_Bristow almaMater Washington_&_Jefferson_College.
- Benjamin_Bristow battle American_Civil_War.
- Benjamin_Bristow battle Battle_of_Shiloh.
- Benjamin_Bristow birthDate "1832-06-20".
- Benjamin_Bristow birthPlace Elkton,_Kentucky.
- Benjamin_Bristow birthPlace United_States.
- Benjamin_Bristow birthYear "1832".
- Benjamin_Bristow country United_States.
- Benjamin_Bristow deathDate "1896-06-22".
- Benjamin_Bristow deathPlace New_York.
- Benjamin_Bristow deathPlace New_York_City.
- Benjamin_Bristow deathPlace United_States.
- Benjamin_Bristow deathYear "1896".
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- Benjamin_Bristow militaryBranch United_States_Army.
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- Benjamin_Bristow orderInOffice "1st".
- Benjamin_Bristow orderInOffice "30th".
- Benjamin_Bristow party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Bristow party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Bristow president Ulysses_S._Grant.
- Benjamin_Bristow profession Lawyer.
- Benjamin_Bristow profession Politician.
- Benjamin_Bristow serviceEndYear "1863".
- Benjamin_Bristow serviceStartYear "1861".
- Benjamin_Bristow successor Lot_M._Morrill.
- Benjamin_Bristow successor Samuel_F._Phillips.
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- Benjamin_Bristow after Lot_M._Morrill.
- Benjamin_Bristow allegiance United_States.
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- Benjamin_Bristow birthDate "1832-06-20".
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- Benjamin_Bristow birthPlace United_States.
- Benjamin_Bristow branch United_States_Army.
- Benjamin_Bristow dateOfBirth "1832-06-20".
- Benjamin_Bristow dateOfDeath "1896-06-22".
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- Benjamin_Bristow deathPlace New_York_City.
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- Benjamin_Bristow department "Secretary of the Treasury".
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- Benjamin_Bristow name "Benjamin Helm Bristow".
- Benjamin_Bristow name "Bristow, Benjamin H.".
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- Benjamin_Bristow order "30".
- Benjamin_Bristow party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Bristow party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- Benjamin_Bristow placeOfBirth Elkton,_Kentucky.
- Benjamin_Bristow placeOfDeath New_York.
- Benjamin_Bristow placeOfDeath New_York_City.
- Benjamin_Bristow predecessor William_Adams_Richardson.
- Benjamin_Bristow president Ulysses_S._Grant.
- Benjamin_Bristow profession Lawyer.
- Benjamin_Bristow profession Politician.
- Benjamin_Bristow rank "35".
- Benjamin_Bristow serviceyears "1861".
- Benjamin_Bristow shortDescription "Union Army officer, lawyer, politician".
- Benjamin_Bristow successor Lot_M._Morrill.
- Benjamin_Bristow successor Samuel_F._Phillips.
- Benjamin_Bristow termEnd "1872".
- Benjamin_Bristow termEnd "1876-06-20".
- Benjamin_Bristow termStart "1870".
- Benjamin_Bristow termStart "1874-06-04".
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- Benjamin_Bristow years "1874".
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- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:District_attorneys.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Grant_administration_cabinet_members.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Kentucky_Republicans.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Kentucky_Whigs.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Kentucky_lawyers.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:People_from_Elkton,_Kentucky.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Presidents_of_the_American_Bar_Association.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Union_Army_colonels.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:United_States_Secretaries_of_the_Treasury.
- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:United_States_Solicitors_General.
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- Benjamin_Bristow subject Category:Washington_&_Jefferson_College_alumni.
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