This president's Secretary of the Interior, Columbus Delano, gave federal grants to his own son.
This president's Secretary of the Interior, Columbus Delano, gave federal grants to his own son. During his presidency, Bradley Barrow used a $40,000 bribe to stop an inquiry into postal fraud. His Treasury Secretary, Benjamin Bristow, uncovered bribery of Treasury Department officials involved in excise tax collection, leading to the arrest of his personal secretary Orville Babcock. During his term, Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market on Black Friday. Horace Greeley ran against this man, who dealt with distillers skimming off federal money in the Whiskey Ring scandal. For 10 points, name this president and former Civil War general.
This president's Secretary of the Interior, Columbus Delano, gave federal grants to his own son.
Ulysses S. Grant [or Hiram Ulysses Grant; or Ulysses Hiram Grant; or "Sam" Grant; or "Unconditional Surrender" Grant] 