Walter Quintin Gresham

Walter Quintin Gresham (born March 17, 1832, near Lanesville, Ind., U.S.—died May 28, 1895, Washington, D.C.) was a leading Republican politician after the American Civil War who abandoned his party to serve as U.S. secretary of state (1893–95) under the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland. After serving as a brevet major general in the Union Army during the Civil War, Gresham, a lawyer, was active in Indiana Republican affairs. He served as a U.S....