William Belknap
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 134 years ago |
Date of birth | September 22,1829 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Newburgh |
New York | |
United States | |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 12,1890 |
Spouse | Carrie Tomlinson |
Cora LeRoy | |
Party | Republican Party |
Nationality | American |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Previous position | United States Secretary of War (1869–1876) |
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ID | 3908784 |
William Belknap Life story
William Worth Belknap was a lawyer, soldier in the Union Army, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States Secretary of War, serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. Belknap was impeached on March 2, 1876, for his role in the trader post scandal.