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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...
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  • Alan Bristow (1923–2009), British helicopter entrepreneur, founder of Bristow Helicopters Allan Bristow (born 1951), American basketball coach Benjamin Bristow...
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    District in 1869. Under the leadership of Grant's Secretary of Treasury, Benjamin Bristow, a reformer, the Ring was uncovered and broken up. Prosecutions of...
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    Ohio Senator James G. Blaine from Maine Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow Senator Oliver P. Morton from Indiana Senator Roscoe Conkling from...
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    under the Enforcement Acts. Akerman was assisted by Solicitor General Benjamin Bristow in the newly established Department of Justice. Attorney General Akerman...
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    Brian Fletcher - October 28, 2021 – Present (became Acting SG) Ginsburg, Benjamin; Lowi, Theodore J.; Weir, Margaret; Tolbert, Caroline J.; Campbell, Andrea...
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    defendant. During his second term, Grant appointed reformers such as Benjamin Bristow, Edwards Pierrepont, and Zachariah Chandler who cleaned their respective...
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    appointed Morrill to serve as U.S. treasury secretary after Secretary Benjamin Bristow resigned from the position. When Morrill left the Senate to lead the...
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    Grant's most popular cabinet reformer, Benjamin H. Bristow was appointed Secretary of Treasury in June 1874. Bristow had served ably as Solicitor General...
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    Ethan David Bristow (born 27 November 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. Born in...
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    stopped in 1875 during Grant's second term by Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow. The ring leader, John McDonald was an acquaintance of President Grant...
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    President Grant, who, having teamed up with Secretary of Treasury Benjamin Bristow, vigorously prosecuted the notorious Whiskey Ring, a national tax evasion...
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    1902 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Benjamin Bristow, United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Presidency of Ulysses...
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    The other candidates named were Marshall Jewell, Oliver P. Morton, Benjamin Bristow, John Hartranft, Hayes, and Conkling's personal rival James G. Blaine...
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    Akerman as Attorney General and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first Solicitor General. Both Akerman and Bristow used the Department of Justice to...
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    House; Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana; Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin H. Bristow of Kentucky; Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York; Governor Rutherford...
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    of the convention, behind Blaine, Morton, Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow, and Conkling. After six ballots, Blaine remained in the lead, but...
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    appointed Benjamin Bristow as Secretary of Treasury, with the authority to investigate the Whiskey Ring and prosecute wrongdoers. Bristow, a Kentuckian...
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  • Representative from Kentucky 1854–55 1859–61. Father of Benjamin Bristow. Benjamin Bristow (1832–1896), Kentucky State Senator 1863–65, U.S. Attorney...
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    William Adams Richardson Massachusetts March 17, 1873 June 3, 1874 30 Benjamin Bristow Kentucky June 4, 1874 June 20, 1876 31 Lot M. Morrill Maine July 7...
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    Claims, and replaced him with reformer Benjamin Bristow. In June, Grant and Congress abolished the moiety system. Bristow tightened up the Treasury's investigation...
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    constitutional scholar Benjamin Bristow, first Solicitor General of the United States and a former U.S. Treasury Secretary Francis Bristow, United States Representative...
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    Been Produced and How it May Be Profitably Reduced, 1874, (letters to Benjamin Bristow). Monetary Independence, 1875. (letter to Moses W. Field). Commerce...
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  • York City Josephine Brandell Boris Brasol Herbert Brenon Bricktop Benjamin Bristow Addison Brown Henry Bruckner, Bronx Borough President Charles Waldron...
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    President Ulysses S. Grant Preceded by George S. Boutwell Succeeded by Benjamin Bristow Personal details Born William Adams Richardson (1821-11-02)November...
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  • married Maj. Benjamin Helm of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; she was the mother of Emily (née Helm) Bristow and grandmother of Benjamin Bristow, Secretary of...
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    first American Robert Bristow took both sides in the Revolutionary War and fought on both sides of the Civil War. Benjamin Helm Bristow, a cousin, was Secretary...
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  • Hartley Hugh McCulloch George S. Boutwell William Adams Richardson Benjamin Bristow Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant December 2, 1867 May 31, 1868 Edmund...
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    profiteering. Postmaster Jewell helped Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin H. Bristow shut down and prosecute the Whiskey Ring. President Grant, however...
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    Roman Baldwin (1871–1950), who married William Benjamin Bristow (1861–1955), the son of Benjamin Bristow, the 30th U.S. Treasury Secretary and 1st Solicitor...
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