The Crédit Mobilier scandal (French pronunciation: [kʁedi mɔbilje]) was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and...
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Territory. He created the financial structure that led to the Crédit Mobilier scandal. He was interested in hotels in the Adirondacks and once owned...
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controlled Crédit Mobilier was also a congressman, Oakes Ames of Massachusetts. He offered some of his colleagues the opportunity to buy Crédit Mobilier stock...
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Schuyler Colfax (section Crédit Mobilier scandal)
Henry Wilson. An 1872–73 congressional investigation into the Crédit Mobilier scandal identified Colfax as one of several federal government officials...
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Henry Wilson (section Crédit Mobilier scandal)
somewhat damaged late in his Senate career by his involvement in the Crédit Mobilier scandal. Wilson was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, on February 16,...
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John A. Logan (section Credit Mobilier Scandal)
including Logan were possibly involved with the scandal. Logan explained that he rejected The Credit Mobilier official Oakes Ames first offer, but a few months...
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William D. Kelley (section Crédit Mobilier scandal)
of bedlam.". An 1873 investigation connected Kelley to the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal. The Congressional committee that reviewed the issue suggested...
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include the Whiskey Ring, the Star Route scandal, and the trader post scandal. The Crédit Mobilier scandal also became public information at this time...
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Uncle Sam is shown directing U.S. Senators implicated in the Crédit Mobilier Scandal to commit "Hari-Kari", clearly showing that by that time the general...
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Grantism (category Presidential scandals in the United States)
and the Whiskey Ring. (The Crédit Mobilier scandal, although exposed during his tenure, is not considered a Grant scandal.) Political opponents of Grant...
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