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Whiskey Ring, in U.S. history, group of whiskey distillers (dissolved in 1875) who conspired to defraud the federal government of taxes. Operating mainly in St. Louis, Mo., Milwaukee, Wis., and Chicago, Ill., the Whiskey Ring bribed Internal Revenue officials and accomplices in Washington in order to keep liquor taxes for themselves.
The Whiskey Ring took place from 1871 to 1876 centering in St. Louis during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. The ring was an American scandal, broken in May 1875, involving the diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors.
20 maj 2022 · Whisky Ring był jednym z kilku skandali podczas prezydentury Ulyssesa S. Granta. Dowiedz się, jak skandal działał i kto był w to zamieszany.
29 mar 2022 · The Whiskey Ring was an American bribery scandal that took place from 1871 to 1875 during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. The scandal involved a conspiracy among whiskey distillers and distributors to bribe U.S. government officials to avoid paying government excise taxes on liquor.
18 maj 2017 · A fraudulent scheme involving whiskey distillers, agents of the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury clerks and others marred the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.
21 paź 2022 · Republican party operatives formed the Whiskey Ring in 1871 to raise funds for political campaigns in Missouri and other western states. Liberal Republicans, led by Grant foe Senator Carl Schurz, had conquered the Missouri state party, putting Grant's 1872 reelection plans in jeopardy.
23 maj 2018 · whiskey ring. During the Grant administration, a group of western distillers and Internal Revenue Service officials formed a conspiracy to evade the whiskey tax. After a lengthy investigation into the ring, Benjamin H. Bristow, the secretary of the treasury, procured the indictment of more than 230 persons, including the president's personal ...
