Baltimore & the Fifteenth Amendment, May 19, 1870
An Interactive Historical Investigation by David Troy © 1996
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SCHUYLERCOLFAX
Three-term Speaker of the House and Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant. Portrait taken from James Beard Lithograph. |
| SCHUYLER COLFAXwas vice president during Ulysses Grant's first term. Colfax was implicated in the Crédit Mobilier scandal, which effectively ended his career in politics. Before becoming vice president, he had been Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
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