The Long Depression that followed, and Grant's veto of an inflation bill, turned public opinion against him. Secretary of War William W. Belknap suddenly resigned office in February 1876; afterwards impeached by the House for taking kickbacks. When Grant left office in 1877, Redeemers controlled all Southern state governments. On June 22, 1870, Grant signed a bill into law passed by Congress that created the Department of Justice and to aid the Attorney General, the Office of Solicitor General. Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as Attorney General and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first Solicitor General. In October 1871 hundreds of Mormons were rounded up by U.S. marshals, put in a prison camp, arrested, and put on trial for polygamy. One convicted polygamist received a $500 fine and 3 years in prison under hard labor. On November 20, 1871, Mormon leader Brigham Young, in ill health, had been charged with polygamy. Young's attorney stated that Young had no intention to flee the court.
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