Thomas Corwin
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Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio an
Corwin's house in Lebanon, Ohio
Engraving of Corwin while Secretary of the Treasury created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Corwin in the 1850s
USRC Thomas Corwin revenue cutter was named in his memory
William M. Meredith
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William Morris Meredith was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury, during President Zachary Taylor's Administratio
Thomas Corwin
…to become President Millard Fillmore's Secretary of the Treasury shortly after the death of President Zachary Taylor. Like his immediate predecessor, William M. Meredith, Corwin believed in a protective tariff. Still, he did not want to make sudden or drastic changes in the free-trade tariff law of 1846. He objected to…
WM Meredith
The Zachary Taylor Administration, 1849 Daguerreotype by Mathew Brady From left to right: William B. Preston, Thomas Ewing, John M. Clayton, Zachary Taylor, William M. Meredith, George W. Crawford, Jacob Collamer and Reverdy Johnson, (1849).
Meredith depicted on the 5th issue 10-cent Fractional currency note.