Benjamin H. Bristow

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Benjamin H. Bristow was an American lawyer, Union Army officer, and the first U.S. Solicitor General who later served as Secretary of the Treasury, gaining prominence for his role in exposing the Whiskey Ring scandal.

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instanceOf Union Army officer ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
United States Solicitor General ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1832-06-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1896-06-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Jefferson College ⓘ
Transylvania University ⓘ
endTime (United States Secretary of the Treasury) 1876 ⓘ
endTime (United States Solicitor General) 1872 ⓘ
familyName Bristow ⓘ
linked to: Bristow, Virginia
father Francis M. Bristow ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
middleName Helm ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
notableAchievement exposed the Whiskey Ring scandal ⓘ
notableFor civil service reform advocacy ⓘ
revenue system reforms in the Treasury Department ⓘ
notableWork prosecution of the Whiskey Ring ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Elkton, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant U.S. Attorney General ⓘ
Kentucky state senator ⓘ
U.S. Attorney for the District of Kentucky ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
United States Solicitor General ⓘ
practicedLawIn Kentucky ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Elkton, Kentucky ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
soughtOffice Republican presidential nomination in 1876 ⓘ
spouse Abbie Briscoe ⓘ
startTime (United States Secretary of the Treasury) 1874 ⓘ
startTime (United States Solicitor General) 1870 ⓘ
studiedLawUnder his father Francis M. Bristow ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Ulysses S. Grant administration → officeHolder → Benjamin H. Bristow ⓘ
Whiskey Ring scandal → significantPerson → Benjamin H. Bristow ⓘ
Whiskey Ring scandal → investigatedBy → Benjamin H. Bristow, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin H. Bristow
Sanborn contracts scandal → involves → Benjamin H. Bristow ⓘ
William A. Richardson → succeededInOffice → Benjamin H. Bristow ⓘ