Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
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American jurist and politician.
U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868.
Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Secretary of War. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Edwin McMasters Stanton was a lawyer, politician, United States attorney general in 1860-1861 and secretary of war through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. A native of Steubenville, Ohio, Stanton attended Kenyon College but left before completing his degree to support his family. After being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1836, Stanton practiced law in Ohio and subsequently in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Washington, D.C. In 1860 President James Buchanan appointed him attorney general. Although he opposed Abraham Lincoln politically, he agreed to serve as an advisor to Secretary of War Simon Cameron and later to replace Cameron in the job in 1862. He continued to serve as secretary of war under President Andrew Johnson until Johnson attempted to remove him from office after they clashed over his Reconstruction policy. Stanton resigned in 1868. The following year President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Supreme Court, but Stanton died four days after he was confirmed by the Senate.
Secretary of War under President Lincoln.
U.S. attorney general under James Buchanan; appointed Secretary of war by Abraham Lincoln, served from 20 Jan. 1862 until Andrew Johnson's acquittal on 26 May 1868.
Lawyer, U.S. attorney general, and U.S. secretary of war.
Stanton was a lawyer and politician best remembered for his leadership during the Civil War, serving as Lincoln's Attorney General and Secretary of War.
U.S. Secretary of War during the Civil War.
Stanton, a lawyer first in Ohio and then in Pennsylvania, was Attorney General in the cabinet of James Buchanan, and Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1862-1868).
Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet.
Edwin McMasters Stanton served as Secretary of War during the Civil War and into the early Reconstruction period.
Edwin McMasters Stanton served as Attorney General under President James Buchanan and Secretary of War under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
George Armstrong Custer was a famous cavalry officer during the Civil War and the Indian wars of the 1860s and 1870s. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, his wife, was the author of several works about Army life on the plains. After the death of her husband, she dedicated her life to defending his honor.
Secretary of War.
American justice and politician.
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