Whiskey Ring
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The Whiskey Ring took place from 1871 to 1876 during the Gilded Age, centering in St. Louis during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. This ring, a significant act of corruption during this time perio
Political cartoon by Thomas Nast, March 1876
Orville Babcock's 1876 trial
Louise Hawkins, also known as "Sylph"; the St. Louis woman who captured the attention of Babcock
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.
Whiskey Ring
…General John McDonald, whom Grant had appointed Revenue Collector of Missouri 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 members of the Ring started in 1875 and ended in 1876. McDonald was indicted, put…
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