George S. Boutwell

(noun)

An American statesman who served as secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachusetts, a senator and representative from Massachusetts, and the first commissioner of internal revenue under President Abraham Lincoln.

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Examples of George S. Boutwell in the following topics:

  • The Government Debt

    • Ulysses S.
    • Grant's presidency, Treasury Secretary George Boutwell helped reduce federal expenditures to $292 million in 1871, which was down from $322 million in 1869.
    • Boutwell also reorganized and reformed the U.S.
    • George S.
    • Boutwell served as secretary of the Treasury under Ulysses S.

  • Scandals

    • Ulysses S.
    • The presidency of Ulysses S.
    • On the same day, Boutwell also ordered the closing of the Tenth National Bank.
    • This spurred Boutwell to release $4 million in gold specie into the market and buy $4 million in bonds.
    • The gold panic devastated the U.S. economy for months.

  • The Gallup Organization

    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • Founded by George Gallup , Gallup, Inc. is primarily a research-based, performance-management consulting company.
    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • George Gallup founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, the precursor of The Gallup Organization, in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935.
    • Notable exceptions include the 1948 Thomas Dewey-Harry S.

  • The Election of 1988

    • The 1988 United States presidential election was defined by the victory of Republican George H.W.
    • Reagan's Vice President George H.
    • The result was a third consecutive Republican landslide victory and George H.
    • Bush's victory percentage – 53.4% — has not yet been surpassed in any subsequent presidential election, and he was the last candidate to get a majority of the popular vote until his son George W.
    • Official portrait of George H.

  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
    • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
    • On October 26, 1775, King George III expanded on the Proclamation of Rebellion in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament.
    • King George indicated that he intended to deal with the crisis with armed force.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.

  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • George W.
    • The presidency of George W.
    • The oldest son of former president George H.
    • Bush, George W.
    • President George W.

  • George H.W. Bush Abroad

    • Foreign policy during George H.
    • The planning of a ground operation by U.S.
    • President George H.W.
    • Bush greets U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, 1990
    • President George H.

  • The American Military Forces

    • The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army in June 1775 and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
    • On June 15, 1775, George Washington was elected as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
    • George Washington served as commander-in-chief for the duration of the Revolutionary War without compensation.

  • The Recession

    • Under George H.
    • The U.S. economy continued to grow as a whole, although certain sectors of the market such as energy and real estate slumped.
    • While the election campaign of George H.

  • The Impact of Minor Parties

    • During the 2000 election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some people felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
    • Since 1877, there have been 31 U.S. senators, 111 U.S. representatives, and 22 governors that were not affiliated with a major political party.
    • For example, segregationist American Independent Party candidate George Wallace gained 13.5% of the popular vote in the 1968 election.
    • This was at issue during the 2000 election when Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.