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About Elbridge G. Spaulding
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican Party politician. He opposed slavery and supported the idea for the first U.S. currency not backed by gold or silver, thus helping to keep the Union's economy afloat during the U.S. Civil War.
Everything about Elbridge G. Spaulding →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, banker
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the New York State Assembly, New York State Treasurer, Mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 24, 1809
- Died
- May 5, 1897