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Amos T. Akerman was an unlikely figure to head the newly formed Department of Justice. In 1870, the United States was still working to bind up the nation’s wounds torn open by the Civil...
12 de sept. de 2002 · Amos Tappan Akerman was a Georgia lawyer who rose to prominence as U.S. attorney general during Reconstruction. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on February 23, 1821.
Amos Tappan Akerman (23 de febrero de 1821 - 21 de diciembre de 1880) fue un político estadounidense que se desempeñó como fiscal general de los Estados Unidos bajo la presidencia de Ulysses S. Grant de 1870 a 1871.
24 de oct. de 2022 · Akerman was appointed district attorney for Georgia in 1869. President Grant appointed him Attorney General of the United States on June 23, 1870, and he held that office until 1872. He died in Cartersville, Georgia, on December 21, 1880.
The life and career of Amos T. Akerman is representative of the difficulty Republicans faced in restructuring Southern society, especially when political will began to diminish.
Though he opposed secession, Akerman joined the Confederate Army and saw action in several battles. He ultimately changed his views and began to oppose slavery. Akerman was a member to Georgia’s 1868 state constitutional convention and began serving as U.S. district attorney for Georgia in 1869.
Amos Tappan Akerman (February 23, 1821 – December 21, 1880) was an American politician who served as United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1870 to 1871. A native of New Hampshire, Akerman graduated from Dartmouth College in 1842 and moved South, where he spent most of his career.
