Hugh McCulloch was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary under three presidents. He was or
Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of McCulloch as Secretary of the Treasury
$20 banknote with McCulloch's portrait on it, Friedberg #639
Death bed of Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865, Hugh McCulloch is at the end of the bed on the left, with Mary Todd Lincoln, Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase, surgeon Charles Leale, and others
Abraham Lincoln's tenure as the 16th president of the United States began on March 4, 1861, and ended upon his death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln, the first Republican pres
Hugh McCulloch
…the former Confederate States of America. He tried but failed to make a rapid return to the gold standard. He was the last surviving member of the Lincoln Cabinet. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, he was the son of Hugh McCulloch Sr., one of the largest shipbuilders in New England, and Abial Perkins. He was educated at…
"The Rail Candidate", a Currier and Ives illustration depicting Abraham Lincoln's 1860 presidential candidacy held up by the slavery issue with a slave on the left and party organization on the right.
The March 4, 1861, inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in front of the U.S. Capitol Building
Headlines on the day of Lincoln's inauguration portended hostilities with the Confederacy, Fort Sumter being attacked less than six weeks later.
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter, showing Lincoln and several members of his cabinet in 1864