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

What was Edwin Stanton's role in the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth? Stanton played a key organisational role in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth, ...

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

Edwin M. Stanton was born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio, the oldest of four children. He attended Kenyon College and went on to become a lawyer.

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 ...

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

Stanton succeeded Simon Cameron to whom he had given legal advice (some of which helped get Cameron fired). Stanton was a sharp and abusive critic at the ...

Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868) - Miller Center

After disagreements with his secretary of war continued, Johnson challenged the Tenure of Office Act and fired Stanton, asking General Ulysses S. Grant to fill ...

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 ...

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 McMasters Stanton - Friends of the Lincoln Collection

Edwin McMasters Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on December 19, 1814. On the eve of achieving his life's dream, chronic asthma caused his death on ...

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 M. Stanton - Steubenville Visitor Center

Edwin McMasters Stanton was the Secretary of War in the Lincoln Administration during the American Civil War.

Edwin M. Stanton - The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Edwin Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, to devout Methodist parents. Beginning in childhood, he suffered from asthma throughout his life.

Freedom: A History of US. Biography. Edwin Stanton - Thirteen.org

Edwin Stanton was smart, strong-minded, and outspoken. Even some of the people who respected him didn't like him. Stanton suffered from asthma all his life, ...

Attorney General: Edwin McMasters Stanton - Department of Justice

Stanton served from 1837 to 1839 as county prosecutor. In 1842, he was elected Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - 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.

Edwin McMasters Stanton | Ohio Civil War

Edwin Stanton was the eldest of seven children. Born in Steubenville, Ohio on December 19, 1814, Edwin McMasters Stanton's father and mother were David and Lucy ...

The Life and Career of Edwin McMasters Stanton

Very early, Stanton was introduced to the slavery issue. Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy frequently received shelter and financial support from the Stantons. Edwin ...