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First Commissioner Appointed
- When
- 1865
- Where
- United States
Oliver Otis Howard was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Howard's appointment marked the beginning of the Bureau's operational phase in 1865. The agency began distributing rations in the summer of that year, implementing the relief measures authorized by Congress.
Sources
- Freedmen's Bureau Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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