William W. 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 | |
Date of died | October 12,1890 |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Spouse | Carrie Tomlinson |
Cora LeRoy | |
Nationality | American |
Party | Republican Party |
Books | Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of William W. Belknap, Late Secretary of War: On the Articles of Impeachment Exhibited by the House of Representatives, Forty-fourth Congress, First Session |
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ID | 688156 |
William W. 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.