Credit Mobilier 
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
7-18-17
Buying ‘friends in this Congress’: The smoking gun that triggered a political scandal
by Robert Mitchell
It was called the Credit Mobilier scandal and it involved a congressman who went on to be president: James Garfield.
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1-10-16
Why Didn’t the Heirs of a Credit Mobilier Swindler Burn His Incriminating Papers?
by Sheila Myers
That’s the mystery this writer wanted to understand.
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