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    • William Worth Belknap was born in Newburgh, New York on September 22, 1829, the son of career soldier William G. Belknap and Anne Clark Belknap. Belknap's father fought with distinction in the Wa… See more

    BornWilliam Worth Belknap · September 22, 1829 · Newburgh, New York, U.S.
    DiedOctober 12, 1890 (aged 61) · Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic (before 1865) · Republican (after 1865)
    SpousesCora LeRoy · (m. 1854; died 1862) · Carrie Tomlinson · (m. 1869; died 1870) · Amanda Tomlinson Bower · (m. 1873)
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    In 1854 Belknap married Cora LeRoy, who died in 1862. They had one child together, Hugh R. Belknap, who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois. Belknap married Ca… See more

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    William Worth Belknap | Facts, Significance,

    Oct 9, 2024 · William Worth Belknap was an American military officer and public official. As secretary of war under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, he was accused of taking bribes and in 1876 was impeached by the U.S. House …

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    Who was William Worth Belknap?
    The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Mindy Johnston. William Worth Belknap was an American military officer and public official. As secretary of war under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, he was accused of taking bribes and in 1876 was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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    Why did William Worth Belknap resign?
    Seven years later, Belknap resigned his post amidst accusations of corruption. Though the House of Representatives voted articles of impeachment against him, he was tried and acquitted by the Senate. William Worth Belknap died in 1890.

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    Did Belknap receive profits from traderships?
    On February 29, 1876, rumors that Belknap was receiving profits from traderships reached Representative Hiester Clymer, chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War. In response, Clymer launched an investigation into the War Department.

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    Was Belknap a willing participant in a scam?
    The evidence assembled by Congress proves that Belknap himself—in knowing partnership with his second wife, Carita, and third wife, Amanda—had been a willing participant in a scam that cheated soldiers, officers and officer’s wives while tangentially supplying Indians with rifles with which they would kill soldiers.

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    How did Belknap influence Congress?
    Belknap’s success in subduing Sherman empowered the secretary to lobby Congress for the sole power to appoint and license sutlers, who received lucrative contracts to establish trading posts at U.S. military installations. Congress granted Belknap’s request, and the secretary stole another longstanding duty from the general in chief.

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    Was Belknap bamboozled by his wives?
    The late historian Dee Brown was almost fully convinced that Belknap was bamboozled by his tandem wives, and World War II–vintage Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant III said the whole Grant family believed Belknap was ignorant of the bribes paid to his wives behind his back.

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    The William Belknap Impeachment - Emerging Civil War

    Feb 10, 2021 · For his involvement in what is now known as the “trader post scandal,” Belknap was impeached by Congress, after he resigned from his cabinet post, in the first impeachment trial of a private citizen who had left …

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    OVERVIEW: FULL NAME: William Worth Belknap. BORN: September 22, 1829, Newburgh, New York. DIED: October 12, 1890 (age 61), Washington, DC.

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