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fXlTKH STATKS OK AMERICA. 



During the civil wa man was one of the 



stanchest and most influential >u|i|M>rtrr> of the 

 policy of President Lincoln. 11, tH.k . |-i.-n,im-Mt 



after the 

 ml term came 

 country a> the 

 easures for the 

 , h he afterward 

 l. f tin- 



e times ut for- 



part in the rco.n-t ruct 



ami during Preside* 



.still more prominen the 



.uithor ami clmm'pion --f the 

 resumption of specie iwymciiU. wi 

 a successful issue a* t 

 Treasury Dej.artm.nt. Be was thr 

 ward aa candidntr for 



litl to nt-i-m- i In- iiominution. 

 I M. I-- 1, (,;, L .jian.l aii- 



Wll- U.ril 111 1 : 



1836." He had to earn hi- own tiring fr<>m the age 

 f fiftiH-n. beoame a < U-rk in ilu- Om-ida (Vntral 

 lUnk nt eighteen, removal to Chicago a yat latrr. 

 AAVM lwt he i-ould. win j tin- 



banking bus)neM in tine < -tin 



whilt* with the Men hauls' L,,aii and Tru-t Coin- 

 j-nny. row step bj step till he became ca*hi<-r. and 

 :. a repuUUon in this JH.SI that he was 

 called to be oasb nniM.rtai)' ...nai 



liank of Chicago in 1868, and in tin r was 



LTWAX J. OAOK, RCRCTART OF THK TREAHfRT. 



-sid-nt of th,- Ann-riran Hankers* 



^1 he was nmdc President of tl,, 

 First National Bank. He took H j.romirn-nt part in 

 lnc '' Iiinil.ian K\|...Mtion 



hicao. was one of three who pledged *1" 



000 in behnlf of the- .-iiy.and was the Hrst president 



of t) : . 



1 ho Unkers* section of tl _,, Allx . 

 ihanr . Il w*. pr.-si<|,.,,t f,, r man? vears of the 



^ration ,f rhie airfl . HI1I | , M . ,, :is h( ,. T| 

 known throughout the countn- for his view 

 honest money and tanking reform 



^' ^"" l raj horn in Medina 



of New England family 



that was left destitute .y th- death of his father 

 when Russell was thin<-on rears of ][, 



became an aid and 8iip|.rt i the family. and while 

 ret a youth advanced toward success in the lumher 

 business. When the mil w. 4 r ,. was 



chosen captain in the Second Regiment of Michigan 



: : : i with diMin<-tion throughout 



the OOnfliot, waspre^-nt in alx-ut >i\ty mpip-nn-nts 



uiidrr lln- i-oiiiniand of Sheridan. Kih.al ri< -k. or 



; several wounds, and \\iu-n the- 



RtTMEU. A. AUiKK, SECRETARY 



army was mii>tered out he received the l>n-vet rank 

 of major general for gallant and meritorious 

 ices during the war. He returned to commercial 

 life, and in the course of vear> obtained aim 



JOHN D. LONG. HCCRETARY OP THE NAVY. 



controlling interest in the Michigan lumher trade. 

 In 1*H4 he was choM-n to }>< the Republican can- 

 didate for Governor, with little \\o\te of success, for 





