Sanborn Incident

The Sanborn Incident is the name applied to an American political scandal which occurred in 1874.

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American - 1874

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William A. Richardson, Ulysses S. Grant?s Secretary of the Treasury, hired a private citizen, John Sanborn, to collect back taxes. Richardson agreed Sanborn could keep half he collected. Sanborn kept $213,000, of which $156,000 went to his ?assistant": Richardson.

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William A. Richardson - Ulysses S. Grant - John Sanborn

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