Hamilton Fish
by Allan Nevins
1936
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This biography of the Secretary of State under President Grant received the Pulitzer Prize for biography. In the midst of Reconstruction following the Civil War, Fish was a commanding figure who was one of the ablest Cabinet members. His astute and patient diplomacy kept the peace in foreign and domestic affairs.