Benjamin Bristow
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Benjamin Helm Bristow was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th U.S. Treasury Secretary and the first Solicitor General.
Bristow, 1870–1880
Bristow's birthplace, Edwards Hall
The Battle of Shiloh
Bristow, America's first Solicitor General, federally prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan 1871
The 1876 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14–16, 1876. President Ulysses S. Grant had considered seeking
Benjamin Bristow
…the Whiskey Ring, he would not give any specific information regarding his conversations with President Grant, having claimed executive privilege. The 1876 Republican National Convention, was held at Exposition Hall, in Cincinnati, Ohio. On the first Presidential Ballot, Bristow was third, at 113 votes, while James G. Blaine received…
Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio
Former Speaker James G. Blaine of Maine
Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow of Kentucky
Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana