He appointed Morrison Waite and Edwin Stanton to the Supreme Court, and he authorized a release of massive amounts of (*) gold in reaction to Fisk and Gould's attempt to corner the market on Black Friday.
During this man's administration, a potential annexation of Santo Domingo failed to be ratified by the Senate, and his Secretary of State Hamilton Fish negotiated the Treaty of Washington. He appointed Morrison Waite and Edwin Stanton to the Supreme Court, and he authorized a release of massive amounts of (*) gold in reaction to Fisk and Gould's attempt to corner the market on Black Friday. His vice president Schuyler Colfax was implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal. For 10 points, name this Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States.
During this man's administration, a potential annexation of Santo Domingo failed to be ratified by the Senate, and his Secretary of State Hamilton Fish negotiated the Treaty of Washington.
Ulysses S. Grant [or Hiram Ulysses Grant]