... in chief. Grant's troubles began immediately after being elected when many of his major cabinet appointees were failures. These would only prove to be the beginning of Grant's troubles in office. The first major scandal of his administration occurred when Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, two stock manipulators, attempted to corner the gold market with help from the President's brother-in-law. In ... an attempt to prevent the corner Grant released 4 million dollars in gold into the market, effectively stopping the corner ... to influential positions, caused corruption and scandal. The most recogn...

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