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Ulysses S. Grant The President

Events during Grant's Administrations 1869-1877

  • Treaty to annex Dominican Republic defeated (1869).

  • 15th Amendment ratified (1870).
    Section 1. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This is certainly one of the most important moves by a U. S. President to secure the freedoms of African-Americans and Native Americans. It wasn't until nearly 100 years later that a U. S. President (Lyndon Johnson) did anything to further secure the rights of Native and African-Americans. It is amazing how so many historians in the past 100 years have overlooked this important accomplishment of President Grant, which ultimately effected the lives of millions of people.

  • Last of seceded states restored (1870).

  • Alabama' Claims referred to arbitration (1871).

  • Amnesty Act for ex-Confederates passed (1872).

  • Bill to increase greenbacks vetoed (1873).

  • Whiskey Ring scandal exposed (1874).

  • Specie Resumption Act (1875).

  • Custer's defeat at the Little Bighorn (1876).

  • Colorado admitted as a state (1876).

  • Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia (1876).

Cabinet and Supreme Court of Grant

  • Vice-Presidents. Schuyler Colfax (1869-73); Henry Wilson (1873-75, died in office).

  • Secretaries of State. Elihu B. Washburne (1869); Hamilton Fish (1869-77).

  • Secretaries of the Treasury. George S. Boutwell (1869-73); William A. Richardson(1873-74); Benjamin H. Bristow (1874-76); Lot M. Morrill (1876-77).

  • Secretaries of War. John A. Rawlins (1869, died in office); William T. Sherman (1869); William W. Belknap (1869-76); Alphonso Taft (1876); James D. Cameron (1876-77).

  • Attorneys General. Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869-70); Amos T. Akerman (1870-71); George H. Williams (1872-75); Edwards Pierrepont (1875-76); Alfonso Taft (1876-77).

  • Secretaries of the Navy. Adolph E. Borie (1869); George M. Robeson (1869-77).

  • Postmasters General. John A.J. Creswell (1869-74); James W. Marshall (1874); Marshall Jewell (1874-76); James N. Tyner (1876-77).

  • Secretaries of the Interior. Jacob D. Cox (1869-70); Columbus Delano (1870-75); Zachariah Chandler (1875-77).

  • Appointments to the Supreme Court. William Strong (1870-80); Joseph P. Bradley (1870-92); Ward Hunt (1873-82); Morrison Waite (chief justice, 1874-88).

 

 

 

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