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Grant elected president
Republian Ulysses Grant is elected president of the U.S. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad is completed. -
Rockefeller Icorporates standard oil
John Rockefeller's oil company is incorporated in Ohio -
Cutris heads civil Service Commision
President Grant Names George William Cutris to head the Civil Service Commision -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Vice President Schuyler Colfax and members of congress including future presdient James Garfield, recieved free stock in return fot protecting Credit Mobilier, a railroad construction company, from investigation. -
Panic of 1873
The Jay Cooke and Company, an investment bank, has a nation wide financial panic, that leads to a economic depression -
Corruption in Grant Administration
President Grant's personal secretary, General O.E. Babcock, and whiskey distillers, were caught for conspiring to defraud the U.S. governement of tax revenues -
Hayes Removes Republican
Hayes removed republican Chester A. Arthur from and important postion of patronage in New York -
Charles Guiteau shoots President Garfield
Mentally unstable, Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield, and cried out, "I'm a stalwart and Arthur is president." Garfield died three months later. -
Timezones
Railroad companies standardized timezones.