biography
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| (1823–85)
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| biography:
| US statesman and vice-president, born in New York City, New York, USA. He was a newspaperman and US representative (Republican, Indiana, 1855–69), and in 1868 became vice-president to Ulysses Grant. He was implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal in 1872. He defended his receipt of 20 shares of the Credit Mobilier stock, but his reputation was ruined, and only the fact that his term was near its end prevented a possible impeachment. |
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