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Walter Q. Gresham
(1832–1895) was an American attorney, jurist, statesman, and politician who served in the cabinets of presidents
Chester A. Arthur
and
Grover Cleveland
. He was the 31st
United States postmaster general
under Arthur from 1883 to 1884 and briefly then the 35th
secretary of the treasury
from September to October 1884 before resigning to become a federal judge. He was twice a candidate for the
Republican
nomination for president in 1884 and 1888 before leaving the party to support Cleveland in the
1892 election
. He joined Cleveland's second cabinet as the 33rd
U.S. secretary of state
from 1893 until his death in 1895. Gresham served as a federal judge on the
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
, the
circuit courts for the Seventh Circuit
, and the
district court for the District of Indiana
. This
line engraving
of Gresham was produced around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
, as part of
a 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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