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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 19: (search)
s position, however, Grant designed for Alexander T. Stewart, the well-known merchant of New York. ecretary of War. It was soon discovered that Stewart was ineligible to the post for which he had bbility was ascertained, Grant requested that Stewart should be exempted by Congress from the operatewart were greatly mortified at the result. Stewart offered to place his business in the hands ofhanges and disappointments, the blunder about Stewart, the uncertainty about Fish, and Cox, and Hoas Washburne was supplanted in a week by Fish, Stewart's name was withdrawn and Boutwell's substituty to cope with his new difficulties. Alexander T. Stewart was a New York merchant who had been stto private life, was hard. But besides this, Stewart thought that some of the importance or influeip cooled. Something like this occurred with Stewart. I went out of the country in May, 1869, aptember. On arriving at New York I went to Mr. Stewart's great store, as I had been used to do bef[10 more...]
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 26: (search)
Chapter 26: Grant and Fish. Fish was the one member of the Cabinet who served during the entire eight years that Grant was President. He entered the Administration on the 11th of March, 1869, and remained until March, 1877, even delaying a few days under Hayes. He had not been Grant's original choice for Secretary of State, but before Washburne's brief term was over, when Wilson declined to take the post, and it was discovered that Stewart, of New York, was ineligible to the Treasury, the President appealed to Fish to help him out of his dilemma. From the day of his election, Grant wrote, he had determined to offer Fish the appointment of Minister to England, but in the re-arrangement of his Cabinet, which was unavoidable, he invited the ex-Governor and Senator to accept the position of Secretary of State. Fish promptly declined the proposition. He had been requested to telegraph his answer and did so of course, but he also wrote, posting the letter with his own hands,