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Benjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th U.S. Treasury Secretary and the first Solicitor General. A Union military officer, Bristow was a Republican Party reformer and civil rights advocate.
Jun 18, 2024 · Benjamin Helm Bristow (born June 20, 1832, Elkton, Ky., U.S.—died June 22, 1896, New York, N.Y.) was a lawyer and statesman who, as U.S. secretary of the treasury (1874–76), successfully prosecuted the Whiskey Ring, a group of Western distillers who had evaded payment of federal whiskey taxes.
Benjamin H. Bristow (1832 - 1896) served as the first Solicitor General (1870 - 1872) and was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Grant in 1874. He promptly initiated a much needed internal reorganization of the.
Benjamin H. Bristow (1874–1876) Benjamin Helm Bristow was born in 1832 in Elkton, Kentucky. He graduated from Jefferson College (Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania) in 1851, studied the law, was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1853, and then practiced law.
Sep 18, 2023 · Benjamin Bristow was born June 20, 1832 in Elkton, KY, the son of Francis M. and Emily E. (Helm) Bristow. After graduating from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania in 1851, he studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and for a time was his father's partner.
One of the champions of civil rights in that era of detraction was Benjamin Helm Bristow. Born on June 20, 1832, at Elkton, Kentucky, Bristow was the son of Francis Marion Bristow, outspoken congressional critic of secession in 1861.1 After attending Jefferson College in Pennsylvania , Bristow read law in his father's office.
May 23, 2018 · Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) was an American lawyer, Kentucky unionist, and Federal official. As U.S. attorney in Kentucky, he fought the Ku Klux Klan, and as U.S. secretary of the Treasury, he crushed the Whiskey Ring. On June 20, 1832, Benjamin H. Bristow was born in Elkton, Ky.
