GRANT
GRANT
in the electoral college of 1873 he received 286
votes to 42 for Thomas A. Hendricks, 18 for B.Gratz
Brown, 2 for Charles J. Jenkins and one for
David Davis, the 14 votes of Arkansas and Loui-
siana not being counted by reason of charges of
fraud and illegality. In making up his cabinet
he continued the portfolio of state in the hands of
Hamilton Fish; gave the treasurership to Wil-
liam A. Richardson of Massachusetts, who had
been assistant secretary under Secretary Bout-
well through his first administration, and on his
resignation in 1874 to accept a seat on the bench
of the U.S. court of claims, to Benjamm H. Bris-
tovv of Kentucky, and on his resignation in Jmie,
1876, to Lot M. Morrill of Maine ; the portfolio of
war was left with William W. Belknap of Iowa
and on his resignation, March 7, 1876, was
transfen-ed to Alphonso Taft of Ohio, and on his
transfer to the attorney -generalship, to James D.
Camaron of Pennsylvania; the portfolio of the
interior was continued in the hands of Columbus
Delano of Ohio until 1875, when he resigned and
it went to Zachariah Chandler of Michigan ; the
naval portfolio was continued with George M.
Robeson of New Jersey ; the postmaster -general-
shii) with John A. J. Creswell, and on his resig-
nation, July 3, 1874. it was temporarily tilletl liy
Assistant Postmaster-General James W. Marshall
of Virginia, and jiermanently later in the same
year by Marshall Jewell of Connecticut, and on
his resignation in 1876 by James N. Tyner of
Indianapolis, former assistant postmaster gen-
eral; and the attorney -generalship was continued
by George H. Williams of Oregon until May 1.5,
1875, when he I'esigned to practise law, and was
succeeded by Edward Pierrepont of New York.
The second administration of President Grant
was marked by the passage of the resumption act
and the detection and punishment of the promi-
nent U.S. officials conspicuous in the formation of
a ring designed to enrich the members tmder
cloak of their official positions and by wrongfully
using the name of the President. His words,
" let no guilty man escape '" rung the death-knell
of the ring. He attended the mauguration of
President Hayes, March 4, 1877, and at once with-
drew to private life. On May 17, 1877, he set sail
with his wife, his son Frederick Dent, and a
private secretary, for his memorable tour of
the world and was received with distinguished
honors by the chief ruler of every country
visited. The record of his tour was preserved by
John Russell Young, who accompanied him
through most of his tour and published " Around
the World with General Grant 1877-79 " (2 vols.
1880). In 1880 he visited Cuba and Mexico and
returning to the United States went with his
family to his old home at Galena, 111. The Reiuib-
lican national convention of June, 1880, assembled
at Chicago, 111., presented his name as a candi-
date for the presidency, and for thirty -six consec-
utive ballots his name was recorded as having
received from 302 to 813 votes, standing in almost
every vote 306, and the number was attached to
his loyal friends, who after the convention
caused an iron medal to be cast with the legend,
" Loyal 306 " as a souvenir of the event. It is
not known that General Grant was in any way a
party to this struggle, and the only suggestion
came from his lips after he returned from his tour
when he spoke of the superior insight that the
intercourse with the chief rulers of the world
gave to a man entrusted with the administration
of governmental affairs. He supported the can-
didacy of James A. Garfield. On Dec. 25, 1883,
he received such injuries to his hip from a fall
on the ice as made him permanently lame. He
became a silent partner in the banking firm of
Grant & Ward in New York, his son Frederick
Dent Grant and Ferdinand Ward being the active
partners. In this business he not only inve.sted
all his savings and those of other members of his
family, but when he was appealed to for further
fimds he borrowed $100,000 from William H.
Vanderbilt on his personal credit. The entire sum
was lost througli the dishonesty of Ward,
whose will dominated the concern and who was
foimd to have absorbed most of the capital and
to have traded in imaginary government contracts
which he represented as obtained through the
influence of General Grant. When tlie end came
the Grant family were all bankrupt and the great-
est general of his age and the twice chosen Pres-
ident of the United States was obliged to depend
on money thrust upon him by his friends, and to
give up his swords, medals and other evidences of
the esteem of the peoples of the globe, a sacrifice
volvmtarily made by him to secure a debt of
honor. Mr. Vanderbilt subsequently returned
these priceless souvenirs to Mrs. Gi-ant, who made
them the property of the nation by depositing
them in the National Museum at Washington,
D.C. In 1884 he was attacked by disease which
proved to be cancer at the root of the tongue and
knowing that his days were numbered, the heroic
invalid accepted the suggestion of an enterprising
publisher, and set out to write his " Personal Me-
moirs " in which he told the story of his life down
to the close of the war. This work was done
between Feb. 27, 1885, when he signed the con-
tract with the publishers and July 21, 1885, two
days before his death. His widow received as a
copyright from the sale of this remarkable book
over 8.500,000, and before the general died he
knew tliat the proceeds from his work had al-
ready put his family beyond the danger that
threatened the closing years of his liie. The gov-
ernment also tardily came to his aid and on March
