Belknap, William Worth
Born: Sep 22, 1829 AD
Died: 1890 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Administrators
Died: 1890 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Administrators
1829 - Born on the 22nd of September in Newburgh, New York.
1848 - Graduated from Princeton University and studied law at Georgetown University.
1851 - Admitted to the bar, moved to Keokuk, Iowa and entered the practice of law.
1857-1858 - Served in the state legislature.
1861 - Commissioned major in the 15th Iowa Infantry and participated in the Civil War battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg.
1864 - Promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 4th Division.
1865 - He was mustered out of service as a major general.
1865-1869 - Belknap was collector of internal revenue in Iowa.
1869-1876 - Served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant.
1876 - Impeached by House of Representatives on charges of accepting bribes from Indian post traders (only US cabinet member ever impeached), but resigned before Senate trial.
- He moved to Philadelphia, then returned to Washington to resume the practice of law.
1890 - He died from a heart attack in Washington, D.C., on 13th of October.
1848 - Graduated from Princeton University and studied law at Georgetown University.
1851 - Admitted to the bar, moved to Keokuk, Iowa and entered the practice of law.
1857-1858 - Served in the state legislature.
1861 - Commissioned major in the 15th Iowa Infantry and participated in the Civil War battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg.
1864 - Promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 4th Division.
1865 - He was mustered out of service as a major general.
1865-1869 - Belknap was collector of internal revenue in Iowa.
1869-1876 - Served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant.
1876 - Impeached by House of Representatives on charges of accepting bribes from Indian post traders (only US cabinet member ever impeached), but resigned before Senate trial.
- He moved to Philadelphia, then returned to Washington to resume the practice of law.
1890 - He died from a heart attack in Washington, D.C., on 13th of October.
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Related Books
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History of the Fifteenth Regiment, Iowa veteran volunteer infantry, from October, 1861 to August, 1865, when disbanded at end of the war [microform] by William Worth Belknap (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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The Belknap investigation--: The Witness Marsh. Personal explanation of Hon. Lyman K. Bass, in the House of Representatives, March 10th, 1876 by Lyman K Bass (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Address of General Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, at the re-union of Iowa soldiers, Des Moines, Iowa, August 31 and September 1, 1870 by William Worth Belknap (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Jurisdiction in impeachment: Argument of George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, one of the managers in behalf of the House of Representatives, before the Senate ... On the impeachment of William W. Belknap by George Frisbie Hoar (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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