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Kentucky Attorney and Civil War veteran. Elected to Kentucky Senate in 1863. Republican politician and Unionist. Appointed by President Grant as the first Solicitor General of the United States. Quit in 1872 to become counsel for Texas & Pacific Railroad. In 1874, he became U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

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Biography: 
Kentucky Attorney and Civil War veteran. Elected to Kentucky Senate in 1863. Republican politician and Unionist. Appointed by President Grant as the first Solicitor General of the United States. Quit in 1872 to become counsel for Texas & Pacific Railroad. In 1874, he became U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.justice.gov/osg/bio/benjamin-h-bristow
Title of Webpage: 
Benjamin H. Bristow - The United States Department of Justice
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Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.justice.gov/osg/bio/benjamin-h-bristow
Title of Webpage: 
Benjamin H. Bristow - The United States Department of Justice
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 4
Year: 
1911
Start Page: 
582
Citation Notes: 
Available at: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Bristow,_Benjamin_Helm