Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton
Stanton was a complex and driven man — who combined the moral certainty of an Old Testament prophet with the compulsion of a crusader: “His abilities were great ...
Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary - NPR
If you've heard of Edwin Stanton, it's probably because of what he did after Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Even as the Civil War ...
Stanton County was named for Edwin M. Stanton, a member of
President Abraham Lincoln's war cabinet. Born in Ohio in 1814, Stanton, a successful lawyer, moved in 1856 to Washington, D.C., to argue cases before the ...
The Real Edwin Stanton: The True Story Of Lincoln's Secretary Of War
Born on 19 December 1814 in Ohio, Edwin Stanton was a prominent American lawyer who became a politician and close ally of President Abraham ...
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) - Mr. Lincoln and Friends
Lincoln in 1861. “Mr. Stanton was a loyal and upright man, devoted to the cause of the Union; and afterwards, as Secretary of War under President Lincoln, ...
Edwin M. Stanton | Union War Secretary, Lincoln's Cabinet Member
Edwin M. Stanton (born December 19, 1814, Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.—died December 24, 1869, Washington, D.C.) was the secretary of war who, under Pres. Abraham ...
What was the Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton feud about?
Edwin Stanton was an extremely tense, nervous, and prickly man. He was also Lincoln's best friend. A combination of poor health, ...
Abraham Lincoln Card to Edwin Stanton 1863
These half dozen words testify, as if in shorthand, to the extraordinary relationship between President Lincoln and his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton.
Edwin McMasters Stanton - Friends of the Lincoln Collection
After Lincoln was inaugurated the 16th president on March 4, 1861, Stanton remained in Washington where he became a consultant to Secretary of War Simon Cameron ...
Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1865) - Miller Center
Following Lincoln's assassination, Stanton remained as new President Andrew Johnson's secretary of war, but the two ultimately clashed. Johnson prepared to ...
Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869)
Stanton was a pro-Breckinridge Democrat who was Attorney General under President James Buchanan (1860-61) and Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew ...
Did Abraham Lincoln ever meet Edwin Stanton and William Seward?
Both were in his cabinet. Seward was Secretary of State and Stanton Secretary of War. So yes, he met them. Seward was attacked the night ...
Edwin M Stanton (U.S. National Park Service)
Significance: Secretary of War for the Lincoln and Johnson administrations ; Place Of Birth: Steubenville, OH ; Date Of Birth: December 19, 1814.
Edwin Stanton: From Secretary to First in Command
As Abraham Lincoln lay dying, Secretary of War Edwing Stanton assumed virtually dictatorial control of the stunned Federal government.
Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814–1869) - civiced.org
Upon the death of Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton remarked, “Now he belongs to the ages.” However, his initial impression of Lincoln's abilities ...
Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton - YouTube
Edwin Stanton wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during the Civil War and under Johnson during the early ...
Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton
Why those circumstances wrought such unpleasant consequences in Stanton, when Abraham Lincoln surmounted worse difficulties with no apparent degradation in ...
Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's Assassination, and Aftermath | C-SPAN.org
IN 1937, A BOOK WAS PUBLISHED ENTITLED "WHY WAS LINCOLN MURDERED?" AND THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS SIMPLE -- STANTON WANTED HIM DEAD. ACCORDING TO ...
This Day in History: Edwin Stanton avenges Lincoln's death
On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln nominates Edwin Stanton as his Secretary of War. Stanton would be confirmed just two days later.