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Edwin Stanton - Wikipedia

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 ...

Edwin M. Stanton | Union War Secretary, Lincoln's Cabinet Member

Edwin M. Stanton was the secretary of war who, under Pres. Abraham Lincoln, tirelessly presided over the giant Union military establishment during most of ...

Edwin McMasters Stanton - Supreme Court of Ohio

In 1837 Stanton was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison County, and during the following year he promoted Tappan's successful campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. | Library of Congress

Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-69) was secretary of war from 1862 to 1868. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, he completed one year at Kenyon College before being ...

Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1865) - Miller Center

At the end of 1860, with only two months left in the Buchanan administration, the President named Stanton his attorney general; Stanton remained in that post ...

Edwin M. Stanton (1860–1861) - Miller Center

Edwin M. Stanton (1860–1861). Edwin McMasters Stanton was born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio. After serving as an apprentice to a bookseller, he studied the law ...

Edwin McMasters Stanton - Friends of the Lincoln Collection

In December 1861, he helped Cameron draft a report that recommended enlistment of African-American troops. When Cameron was compelled to resign due to his ...

Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869)

Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) ... Nicknamed “Mars”, Edwin M. Stanton was a pro-Breckinridge Democrat who was Attorney General under ...

Edwin M Stanton (U.S. National Park Service)

"Now He Belongs to the Ages." - Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on Lincoln's death, April 15, 1865. Edwin M. Stanton was born in 1814 in Steubenville, ...

About this Collection | Edwin McMasters Stanton Papers, 1818-1921

The papers of lawyer and Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) span the years 1818-1921, with the bulk of the material originating between ...

The Real Edwin Stanton: The True Story Of Lincoln's Secretary Of War

Known for his leading role in the American Civil War as Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton is a major figure in this era of ...

Edwin M. Stanton - Steubenville Visitor Center

Steubenville native,Edwin M. Stanton, President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War, honored in his hometown with Statue, Historic Marker and Mural.

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 ...

Edwin M. Stanton - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edwin M. Stanton ... Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the United States Secretary of ...

Attorney General: Edwin McMasters Stanton - Department of Justice

He received an LL.D. degree from Yale in 1867. Stanton served from 1837 to 1839 as county prosecutor. In 1842, he was elected Reporter of the ...

Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814–1869) - civiced.org

Stanton, a Democrat, had been named attorney general by Lincoln's predecessor, President James Buchanan. He remained in Washington upon Lincoln's election.

Edwin M. Stanton ‑ Civil War, Secretary, Reconstruction | HISTORY

Stanton had been an early critic of Abraham Lincoln's presidency, but he remained in Washington after the start of the Civil War and served as ...

Ohio History Journal - OHJ Archive

EDWIN M. STANTON AT KENYON. by WYMAN W. PARKER. Librarian, Kenyon College. Stanton, the secretary of war in Lincoln's cabinet, is still a con-.

The Life and Career of Edwin McMasters Stanton

... Edwin McMasters Stanton" (1968). Plan B Papers. 569. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/plan_b/569. This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access ...

Edwin M. Stanton - The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

After first suspending Stanton in August 1867, Johnson fired the Secretary in February 1868. Stanton refused to leave office, claiming job protection under the ...