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- Clinton B. Fisk, circa 1874 - Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890), photographed about the time President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1874, gained lasting recognition as the founder of Fisk University. He was an abolitionist, Civil War brigadier general, businessman, banker, and Freedmen Bureau official. He campaigned as the Prohibitionist Party candidate in the 1888 presidential election.

- circa 1874
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Clinton B. Fisk, circa 1874
Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890), photographed about the time President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1874, gained lasting recognition as the founder of Fisk University. He was an abolitionist, Civil War brigadier general, businessman, banker, and Freedmen Bureau official. He campaigned as the Prohibitionist Party candidate in the 1888 presidential election.