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Benjamin Bristow
(June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th
United States secretary of the treasury
and the first
solicitor general
. Historians primarily admire Bristow's prosecution and shutting down the
Whiskey Ring
during his term as
President Grant
's treasury secretary. Although a lawyer by trade and having no financial training, he was able to rid the
Internal Revenue Service
of corruption. This
line engraving
of Bristow was produced by the
Department of the Treasury
's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) as part of a
BEP presentation album
of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury.
Engraving credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restored by
Andrew Shiva
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