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Grant Scandals - Essay

Grant Scandals

Early in Grant's first term, two gold speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk hoped to buy gold at $130 per ounce and sell it at $160 per ounce. They tried o corner the gold market. They went to Grant, who had no understanding of monetary issues, and convinced him to tell Treasury Secretary George Boutwell to stop selling gold. The price rose to $162 per ounce before Grant realized what he was tricked into doing. Grant ordered Boutwell to release $4 million in gold. The price plummeted and ruined many investors including Gould and Fisk.
Credit Mobilier was a construction company that helped build the Union Pacific Railroad. The company was owned by some union Pacific stockholders who gave ...

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and vice-president Schuyler Colfax took stock in the company. The scandal marred Grant's first term. Schuyler was replaced for the election in 1872. This began the uncovering of several scandals.
The Whiskey Ring 187
A national tax evasion scheme where indictments were brought against 86 government officials, including the chief clerk of the Treasury Department as well as President Ulysses S. Grant's private secretary. A group of distillers was falsifying reports and cheated the government millions in tax dollars. Many of Gran't appointees were involved in the scandal.
Belknap Fraud 1876
In 1876, Secretary of War, William Belknep, was under investigation for accepting bribes in connection with the Indian Agency. He resigned as congress was voting on his impeachment. A few months later, Navy Secretary, William Robinson, was investigated over grain contracts that he had signed. He also was faced with impeachment but never resigned due to Grant's inaction. Over the course of ...

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Added: 12/31/2004 03:42:26 PM
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