BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED - HFSID 317891
Price: $550.00
BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW
The politician signs his name on a photograph mount, shown wearing a
suit and decorative tie
Photograph mount signed: "B H Bristow", in black ink, B/w 4x5¾
photograph affixed to a 4¼x6½ mount. Benjamin H. Bristow (1832-1896), a
Kentuckian who had served the North with distinction during the Civil War,
was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Secretary of the Treasury in June
of 1874 and also served as the first US Solicitor General. Bristow
strongly opposed the Klu Klux Klan, aiding President Grant in the prosecution
off their presence in the Reconstructed South, and advocated that African
Americans have a right to testify in a white man's court and equally have a
right to a public education. As the Secretary of the Treasury, he worked to
stabilize a shaky economy following the civil war, shutting down the tax evading
Whiskey Ring and aiding in the Resumption of Specie Act of 1875. Following
his success as Secretary of the Treasury, Bristow pursued a run for the US
Presidency under the Republican ticket, but was ultimately not favored, and
Rutherford B. Hayes was chosen as the Republican candidate instead. Toned.
Corners heavily worn and creased. Soiled. Ink notes (unknown hand) on verso.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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