• The trader post scandal, or Indian Ring, took place during Reconstruction and involved Secretary of War William W. Belknap and his wives receiving kickback...
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    The 2011 UBS rogue trader scandal caused a loss of over US$2 billion at Swiss bank UBS, as a result of unauthorized trading performed by Kweku Adoboli...
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    Grant. Belknap was impeached on March 2, 1876, for his role in the trader post scandal but was acquitted by the Senate. Belknap was the first cabinet secretary...
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    The Crédit Mobilier scandal (French pronunciation: [kʁedi mɔbilje]) was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and...
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  • of War William W. Belknap resigns his office in the wake of the trader post scandal. March 3 – Kentucky meat shower. March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell...
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    re-elected in the 1872 presidential election, but was inundated by executive scandals during his second term. His response to the Panic of 1873 was ineffective...
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    whether Parker returned to the theater, but he was certainly not at his post when Booth entered the box. In any event, there is no certainty that entry...
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    Foner, Eric (December 3, 2006). "He's The Worst Ever". The Washington Post. Gordon-Reed, Annette (2011). Andrew Johnson. The American Presidents Series...
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    saying that an "officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in Congress ought to be scalped." Instead, Hayes...
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  • War of 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn United States v. Reese Trader post scandal Centennial Exposition Cattellism Safe burglary conspiracy 1876 elections...
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  • of War William W. Belknap resigns his office in the wake of the trader post scandal. March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent...
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    Whiskey Ring (redirect from Whiskey Scandal)
    Louis during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. The ring was an American scandal, broken in May 1875, involving the diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy...
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  • include the Whiskey Ring, the Star Route scandal, and the trader post scandal. The Crédit Mobilier scandal also became public information at this time...
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    president despite the poor economic conditions, the numerous political scandals that had developed since he assumed office in 1869, and despite a longstanding...
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    emphasizes the broad opposition to instability and political violence in the post-Civil War United States in the context of the electoral dispute. Instead...
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    speeches that toed the party line. He was assigned to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Lincoln...
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    Belknap during the House of Representatives investigation into the Trader post scandal. Blair asked the House Investigation Committee chaired by Hiester...
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    Star Route scandal was a political scandal in the United States, stemming from allegations of bribery and bid rigging in the United States Post Office Department...
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    Schuyler Colfax, although both were implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal which erupted two months after the Republican convention. Others, who had...
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    Hall calling a mob of New York draft rioters "my friends." The Hartford Post called him "almost as much of a corpse" as ex-President James Buchanan, who...
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    contraceptives are non-mailable unless the addressee is a manufacturer or trader in contraceptives, a physician, a nurse, a pharmacist, a hospital, or a...
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    S. Grant and his administration, including his cabinet, suffered many scandals, leading to a continuous reshuffling of officials. Grant, ever trusting...
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    shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor." In the post-Civil War political environment, President Johnson, a Democrat who had served...
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    Overcome". "Emancipation Proclamation Issue", Arago: people, postage & the post, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, viewed September 28, 2014 "Episode Guide"...
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    others to procure votes by any means necessary, and they promised government posts and campaign contributions to outgoing Democrats willing to switch sides...
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