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President Ulysses S. Grant served two consecutives terms of office from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. His cabinet fluxated between reformers who supported civil service reform and those who faced corruption charges in office. Grant himself established the first Civil Service Commission and ended the moiety system.
Secretary of State
[edit]Elihu B. Washburne
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Washburne's tenure as Secretary of State lasted for only eleven days. Grant had appointed Washburne for his sponsorship during the American Civil War. The idea was to give Washburne clout when he was to be appointed to minister to France. Grant's appointment came sooner then planned as Washburne became ill. Washburne served in France for eight years, where he became known for diplomatic integrity and his humanitarian support of Americans, other neutrals, and Germans in France during the Franco-Prussian War. For his efforts, he received formal praise from governments in both France and Germany. Washburne served under his successor Hamilton Fish.
Hamiliton Fish
[edit]Secretary of War
[edit]John A. Rawlins
[edit]William W. Belknap
[edit]Alphonso Taft
[edit]Department of Treasury
[edit]George S. Boutwell
[edit]William A. Richardson
[edit]Benjamin H. Bristow
[edit]Lot M. Morrill
[edit]Cabinet
[edit]| The Grant cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869–1877 |
| Vice President | Schuyler Colfax | 1869–1873 |
| Henry Wilson | 1873–1875 | |
| None | 1875–1877 | |
| Secretary of State | Elihu B. Washburne | 1869 |
| Hamilton Fish | 1869–1877 | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | George S. Boutwell | 1869–1873 |
| William A. Richardson | 1873–1874 | |
| Benjamin H. Bristow | 1874–1876 | |
| Lot M. Morrill | 1876–1877 | |
| Secretary of War | John A. Rawlins | 1869 |
| William W. Belknap | 1869–1876 | |
| Alphonso Taft | 1876 | |
| J. Donald Cameron | 1876–1877 | |
| Attorney General | Ebenezer R. Hoar | 1869–1870 |
| Amos T. Akerman | 1870–1871 | |
| George H. Williams | 1871–1875 | |
| Edwards Pierrepont | 1875–1876 | |
| Alphonso Taft | 1876–1877 | |
| Postmaster General | John A. J. Creswell | 1869–1874 |
| James W. Marshall | 1874 | |
| Marshall Jewell | 1874–1876 | |
| James N. Tyner | 1876–1877 | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Adolph E. Borie | 1869 |
| George M. Robeson | 1869–1877 | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Jacob D. Cox | 1869–1870 |
| Columbus Delano | 1870–1875 | |
| Zachariah Chandler | 1875–1877 | |