Both Akerman and Bristow used the Department of Justice to vigorously prosecute Ku Klux Klan members in the early 1870s .
Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as Attorney General and Benjamin H. Bristow as America 's first Solicitor General .
Both Amos T. Akerman and Benjamin H. Bristow used the Department of Justice to vigorously prosecute Ku Klux Klan members in the early 1870s .
Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as Attorney General and Benjamin H. Bristow as America 's first Solicitor General .