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Edwin M. Stanton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children of David and Luvy (Norman) Stanton. Stanton was politically opposed to Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and referred to him as the "original gorilla". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwin_M._Stanton   (431 words)

EDWIN MMASTERS STANTON - LoveToKnow Article on EDWIN MMASTERS STANTON Stanton was finally asked to resign, and on his refusal to do so the president suspended him (Aug. 12) from office and appointed General Grant (who had disapproved of the secretarys removal) secretary ad interim. Stanton had a violent temper and a sharp tongue, but he was courageous, energetic, thoroughly honest and a genuine patriot. Before the Civil War Stanton was a Democrat, opposed to slavery, but a firm defender of the constitutional rights of the slaveholders, and was a bitter opponent of Lincoln, whose party he then hated and distrusted. www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STANTON_EDWIN_M_MASTERS.htm   (571 words)

American President Edwin McMasters Stanton was born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio. From 1849 to 1856, Stanton was the official counsel of Pennsylvania, and in 1858 became special U.S. counsel on disputed California land grant cases at the request of President James Buchanan. Stanton served as prosecuting attorney of Harrison County, Ohio, until 1839, during which time he issued three volumes of the official opinions of the Ohio Supreme Court. www.americanpresident.org /history/andrewjohnson/cabinet/SecretaryofWar/EdwinMStanton/email.html   (352 words)

HarpWeek Elections 1864 Biographies Stanton proved to be a strong, effective cabinet officer, a talented war manager, and a reformer who instituted practices to rid the War Department of waste and corruption. Stanton and his colleagues convinced the jury to acquit Sickles on the grounds of temporary insanity, marking one of the earliest uses of that plea. Stanton switched allegiance in mid-war from the "War" Democrats to the Republican party, the latter of which he had come to identify with the preservation of the Union. elections.harpweek.com /1864/bio-1864-Full.asp?UniqueID=24&Year=1864   (1233 words)

Edwin M. Stanton Biography Born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1814, Edwin Stanton attended Kenyon College before being admitted to the bar in 1835. Stanton continued to serve as secretary of war for Andrew Johnson, but bitterly opposed what he believed to be the new president’s overly lenient policies toward the toward the former Confederate states. Stanton’s presence within the cabinet is generally credited with having helped to restore a modicum of order to the discredited administration during its last months. www.civil-war-tribute.com /edwin-stanton-bio.htm   (801 words)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Edwin McMasters Stanton 2 Edwin Stanton stepped aside but was eager to serve the new president in whatever capacity he was called on do to. Stanton again played a duel role while he sided with Chase he had to side with the majority North opinion if he were to get the needed supplies and men he needed. Stanton for the sake of his party, Lincoln and his friend Chase, hushed the matter and the damning evidence disappeared from the War Department. odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/emstanton/stanton2.htm   (1020 words)

Edwin McMasters Stanton STANTON, Edwin McMasters, statesman, born in Steubenville, Ohio, 19 December, 1814; died in Washington, D. C., 24 December, 1869. Stanton that was issued at the time, the president wrote the despatch directing the general of the army to confer with the Confederate commander on none save purely military questions without previously consulting the members of the cabinet. Stanton's entrance into the cabinet marked the beginning of a vigorous military policy: On 27 January, 1862, was issued the first of the president's war orders, prescribing a general movement of the troops. www.famousamericans.net /edwinmcmastersstanton   (1252 words)

Edwin McMasters Stanton Biography / Biography of Edwin McMasters Stanton Biography Edwin M. Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on Dec. 19, 1814. Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), American lawyer, was a member of both James Buchanan's and Abraham Lincoln's Cabinets. Stanton had meanwhile been dabbling in local politics, and in 1837 he was elected county prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ticket. www.bookrags.com /biography-edwin-mcmasters-stanton   (604 words)

Stanton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stanton is the name of some places in the United States of America: Stanton College Preparatory School is one of the top ranked high schools in the United States en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanton   (109 words)

AllRefer.com - Edwin McMasters Stanton (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Stanton, however, barricaded himself in his office, and the radicals in Congress, claiming that Johnson's actions violated the Tenure of Office Act, initiated impeachment proceedings against him. One of the leading radicals in the Lincoln administration, Stanton worked closely with the radicals in Congress and used his influence with Lincoln to advance their program. In Dec., 1860, Stanton, a Democrat but a strong Unionist, succeeded Jeremiah S. Black as U.S. Attorney General in President Buchanan's cabinet. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/StantonEM.html   (395 words)

Mr. Lincoln's White House: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) Stanton entered into the spirit of the boyish sport with great zest, and for the moment all the perplexing questions of the terrible war were forgotten. Stanton was a sharp and abusive critic at the beginning of the war, calling Mr. Stanton was transformed during 1862 from ardent friend to zealous foe of General George McClellan. www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=96&subjectID=2   (1533 words)

The Vindication of Edwin Stanton (ART Blurbs) It is commonly rumored that Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War from 1862 to 1868, engineered the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and then covered up his involvement. Stanton didn't want a pursuit of a wrong suspect, so depositions were taken from different eyewitnesses for three hours to form an airtight consensus of who the assassin was. Stanton couldn't have cut that one road, which led to southern Maryland, because there were no telegraphic facilities at that road for Stanton to send a message to. www.cincinnatiskeptics.org /blurbs/vindication-of-stanton.html   (1195 words)

Edwin Stanton Stanton was privately highly critical of the government and once told a friend that he could find "no token of any intelligent understanding of Lincoln, or the crew that govern him". Stanton made it clear he disagreed with Andrew Johnson and in 1867 the president attempted to force him from office and replace him with Ulysses S. Grant. Brusque, insolent, cruel, Stanton was without doubt the most unpopular member of Lincoln's administration; but the President in spite of strong pressure, had been loath to let him go while the conflict was raging; he seemed to think that no one else could do the work as well. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASstanton.htm   (3155 words)

Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs > Edwin M. Stanton autograph, letters, documents, manuscripts, signatures This attempt to dismiss Stanton, in apparent violation of the law, crystallized the opposition to Johnson that had been growing for months in Congress and in the North, and it led directly to his impeachment by the House a few days later on February 24, 1868. Stanton countered that the Tenure of Office Act, which had been adopted earlier over Johnson's veto, barred the President from removing him without Senate approval, and he refused to leave his post. For weeks thereafter, while impeachment proceedings were moving forward, Stanton remained at the War Department, day and night, under protection of a guard to prevent his removal by force. www.barnesautographs.com /pages/inventory/stanton.htm   (317 words)

Edwin M. Stanton --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! Stanton, Edwin M. The task of administering the War Department of the American government during the American Civil War fell to Edwin M. Stanton. Stanton refused to leave office, but he resigned after Johnson was acquitted in the impeachment trial. Andrew Johnson over Reconstruction policy and his alliance with the Radical Republicans led to Stanton's dismissal by Johnson, in deliberate violation of the Tenure of Office Act. www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9379462?tocId=9379462   (754 words)

Avalon Project : History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - Chapter VII. Impeachment Reported To The Senate Edwin M. Stanton having been this day removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and will immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties pertaining to that office. Edwin M. Stanton being then and there Secretary for the Department of War, and being then and there in the due and lawful execution and discharge of the duties of said office, whereby said Andrew Johnson. Stanton as one of his advisers, and as a principal subordinate officer whose official conduct he was responsible for and had lawful right to control, might, if, possible. www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/treatise/andrew_johnson/chap_07.htm   (2392 words)

AMAsearchdetail Edwin Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1814. Stanton was a Radical Republican, and during the Johnson administration, he actively opposed the president's lenient policies toward the defeated Confederacy. From 1862 to 1868 Stanton held the post of secretary of war under President Lincoln and President Johnson. www.fofweb.com /onfiles/ama/amasearchdetail.asp?recordpin=5003   (147 words)

THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT OF 1867 Stanton had become increasingly at odds with Johnson and the rest of his cabinet, and had been conspiring with Radical Republicans in Congress to thwart Johnson's policies on Reconstruction, which were considered too soft by the Radicals. On January 3, 1868, the new Congress met and refused to concur in the removal of stanton by a vote of 35 to 16. It was not entirely clear whether the Act applied to cabinet officials appointed by a previous president, such as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, a Lincoln appointee. www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/imp_tenure.html   (345 words)

[8.0] January-February 1862: Infernal, Unmitigated Cowardice Stanton was exciteable, aggressive, downright nasty when so inclined, and his remarks about the "original gorilla", the "low, cunning clown", "that giraffe", in the White House had not completely escaped Mr. Lincoln thought that Stanton might be in need of some restraint sooner or later, describing his prancing and bouncing as reminiscent of the Methodist preacher out West who became so overwrought in his prayers and exhortations that the congregation finally put bricks in his pockets to hold him down. Stanton would consider the matter and deliver a brusque judgement, and that would be the end of the discussion. www.vectorsite.net /twcw08.html   (6859 words)

EDWIN M. STANTON PAPERS, 1862 Edwin McMasters Stanton, son of David and Lucy Norman Stanton, was born in Steubenville, Ohio on December 19, 1814. Stanton did not serve, however, as he died on December 24, 1869 in Washington D.C., shortly after his confirmation. From 1837-1939, Stanton served as prosecuting attorney of Harrison County Ohio. indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/sc2343.html   (267 words)

Stanton, Michigan 48888 - InfoMI.com The city was renamed for then Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton in 1863. Stanton was organized in 1860 when the people of Montcalm County voted to move the county seat here from Greenville, which was the original county seat since 1840. Stanton is located in the heart of Montcalm County and is the county seat. www.infomi.com /city/stanton   (200 words)

1891 $1 TREASURY NOTE Edwin Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio on December 19, 1814. Stanton, a Democrat, was relentless in his criticism of Abraham Lincoln when he took office in 1860, however, Lincoln appointed Stanton Secretary of War in 1862 and his opinion of Lincoln changed radically. Stanton was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Grant but he died on December 24, 1869, four days after the appointment was confirmed. www.goldrushgallery.com /legacy/bng/06-Edwin_Stanton_1D_Treasury_Note.htm   (241 words)

The Patriotist - Al Benson, Jr. Later in his life, Edwin Stanton attended an anti-slavery lecture given by Theodore Weld, the Massachusetts abolitionist. Stanton stated that the great end and aim of the war was to abolish slavery. From the time he was about six years old, Stanton was used to hearing the tirades of one Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker who has been described as one of the "earliest professional abolitionists." Lundy, from time to time, published a sort of newspaper called The Genius of Emancipation. www.patriotist.com /abarch/ab20030707.htm   (763 words)

The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stanton Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) — also known as Edwin M. Stanton — Born in Steubenville, Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton; married 1833 to Asenath Throop; brother of Frederick Perry Stanton. Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton; brother of Richard Henry Stanton; married to Jane Lanphier. politicalgraveyard.com /bio/stanton.html   (642 words)

Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Theories Other groups and individuals that have at times been implicated in Lincoln's assassination include Freemasons, domestic bankers, financiers and businessmen, Copperheads, certain Radical Republicans (either on their own or in concert with Edwin Stanton), the B'nai B'rith, and the Knights of the Golden Circle. Stanton was also alleged to have known that conspirators were meeting at the Surratt boardinghouse, and that he refused to release from duty the powerful Major Thomas T. Eckert after Lincoln asked for him as a bodyguard (falsely stating that Eckert had vital work to do at the War Department's Telegraph Office). In hindsight, behavior by Stanton that appears to be linked to a conspiracy has been shown to be innocent and in some cases, fabricated. home.att.net /~rjnorton/Lincoln74.html   (2894 words)

Great American History Fact-Finder - -Stanton, Edwin Stanton continued in his post under Johnson but soon clashed with him over Reconstruction policy, and Johnson tried to remove him from office. As secretary of was Stanton played a vital role in the Civil War through his control of the Union military. A "War Democrat" who opposed slavery and secession, Stanton served President James Buchanan as attorney general and President Abraham Lincoln as secretary of war; he later played a part in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_171200_stantonedwin.htm   (146 words)

stanton - Local business directory. stanton . Edwin M. Stanton Edwin McMasters Stanton (19 December 1814 - 24 December 1869), born in Steubenville, Ohio, was an American political figure, prominent in the American Civil War and in the Reconstruction era. Stanton County, Nebraska Stanton County is a county located in the U.S. State of Nebraska. Stanton County, Kansas Stanton County is a county located in the U.S. State of Kansas. www.localbizus.com /delaware/stanton/stanton-delaware.html   (551 words)

Mr. Lincoln's White House: Edwin Stanton's Home Edwin Stanton's home was located near Franklin Square, a short walk from the White House and the War Department. His major contribution to their ornate home was a set of high bookcases which he has ordered built in 1864...[that] sheltered more that 2,500 volumes; law books in the main, but supplemented since 1862 with works on military strategy and the laws of war. He bought the land for the three-story house on north side of K Street in 1859 when he was one of the city's most prominent attorneys. www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=206&subjectID=4   (607 words)

Mr. Lincoln's White House: Cabinet & Vice Presidents Even Edwin Stanton aspired to lead the Supreme Court; his wife enlisted Browning's aid in pressing his case in the fall of 1865. She also disliked Edwin Stanton's wife and Salmon Chase's daughter. Stanton does not care usually to come, for the President is much of his time at the War Department, and what is said or done is communicated by the President, who is fond of telling as well as of hearing what is new. www.mlwh.org /inside.asp?ID=9&subjectID=2   (1995 words)

CARTE DE VISITE - Edwin McMasters Stanton Edwin Stanton began his law career in Ohio in 1836, moved to Washington to pursue a practice devoted to constitutional law, and came to the attention of Abraham Lincoln in the 1850s, when he represented one of Lincoln's clients in a patent case. Stanton ran the department with a notable lack of graft and fraud, and proved an able administrator, consistently meeting demands for troops, weapons, and supplies. Stanton was also a complex man who inspired little admiration. www.npg.si.edu /exh/brady/gallery/104gal.html   (168 words)

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