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sep 21, 1872 - Credit Mobilier Scandal

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damaged the careers of several Gilded Age politicians. Major stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad formed a company, the Crédit Mobilier of America, and gave it contracts to build the railroad.

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sep 21, 1872
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~ 153 years ago

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