Episode 74

Reconstruction (Part 2): The Scandals of President Ulysses S. Grant

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Boynton, H. V. "The Whiskey Ring." The North American Review 123, no. 253 (1876): 280-327. Accessed September 4, 2020 at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25109986.

Brands, H.W. The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace. New York: Doubleday, 2012. 

Chernow, Ron. Grant. New York: Penguin Books, 2017. 

Critchlow, Donald T., John Korasick, and Matthew C. Sherman, editors. Political Conspiracies in America: A Reader. United States: Indiana University Press, 2008. 

“Father Abraham [Lincoln] & the Children of Israel: Order No. 11.” Jewish Virtual Library. Accessed at: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/order-no-11-judaic-treasures.

Grant, Julia Dent. The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1988.

Grant, Ulysses S. “First Inaugural Address.” The Avalon Project. Accessed at: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/grant1.asp.

Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, The Complete Annotated Edition. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap, 2017.

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Hopper, Jennifer Rose. "Reexamining the Nineteenth-Century Presidency and Partisan Press: The Case of President Grant and the Whiskey Ring Scandal." Social Science History 42, no. 1 (Spring, 2018): 109-133. 

“Inauguration. Commencement of the New Era of Peace and Prosperity. Ulysses S. Grant Formally Inducted into Office as President. He Delivers a Brief and Characteristic Address. Speedy Payment of the Public Debt in Gold Insisted Upon. Economy and Faithful collection of the Revenue Demanded. Installation of Schuyler Colfax as Vice-President. The Ceremonies Marked by Unprecedented Display and Enthusiasm. The National Capital Thronged with Visitors from All Sections. A Magnificent Reception and Ball in the Evening.” The New York Times. New York, New York. March 5, 1869. Accessed at: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1869/03/05/101004911.pdf.

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Rives, Timothy. “Grant, Babcock, and the Whiskey Ring.” Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration 32, no. 3 (Fall, 2000).  Accessed at: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/fall/whiskey-ring-1.html.

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Sumner, Charles. Charles Sumner: His Complete Works. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. 

“The Crédit Mobilier Scandal.” Historical Highlights. History, Art & Archives: United States House of Representatives. Accessed at: https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35789?ret=True.

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“War Secretary Impeachment Trial.” United States Senate. Accessed at: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/War_Secretarys_Impeachment_Trial.htm#:~:text=Later%20that%20day%2C%20members%20voted,his%20lust%20for%20private%20gain.%E2%80%9D&text=As%20each%20vote%20fell%20short,%2C%20however%2C%20he%20won%20acquittal.

Waugh, Joan. “Ulysses S. Grant: Domestic Affairs.” Miller Center. University of Virginia. Accessed at: https://millercenter.org/president/grant/domestic-affairs.

White, Ronald C. American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Random House, 2016.

Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske. The Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume VIII. New York: The Press Association Compilers, 1918.