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Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-
Statesman; born in Elkton, Ky., June 20, 1832; was graduated at Jefferson College in 1851; and admitted to the bar of Kentucky in 1853.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he accepted a commission in the Union army as lieutenant-colonel of the 25th Kentucky Infantry; afterwards became colonel of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry.
He served through the war with distinction, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh.
He was Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1874-76, when he resigned.
He was a leading candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1876.
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