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Edwin McMasters Stanton(December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Warunder the Lincoln Administrationduring most of the American Civil War.
Edwin McMasters Stanton ( Steubenville, Ohio, 19 de diciembre de 1814 - Washington D. C., 24 de diciembre de 1869) fue un abogado y político estadounidense. Sirvió como fiscal general entre 1860 y 1861 y Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos durante la mayor parte de la guerra civil estadounidense y los primeros años de la ...
27 de may. de 2024 · 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 Lincoln, tirelessly presided over the giant Union military establishment during most of the American Civil War (1861–65).
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Edwin McMasters Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on December 19, 1814. After his father died in 1827, Stanton worked in a bookstore to help support his widowed mother. He attended Kenyon College in 1831 but left the following year due to his family’s worsening financial situation. In 1835 Stanton passed the Ohio state bar and began practicin...
Stanton had been an early critic of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, but he remained in Washington after the start of the Civil Warand served as an adviser to Secretary of War Simon Cameron. In November 1861 Stanton counseled Cameron to issue a report arguing that slaves should be armed to fight against the Confederacy. Coupled with allegations of cor...
After the end of the Civil War, Stanton remained secretary of war under President Andrew Johnson and oversaw the demobilization of the U.S. Army. During Reconstruction, he clashed with Johnson over his lenient treatment of the former Confederate states. Stanton openly criticized Johnson for failing to provide more federal intervention in the affair...
20 de mar. de 2020 · Edwin M. Stanton fue secretario de guerra en el gabinete de Abraham Lincoln durante la mayor parte del Guerra civil. Aunque no había sido partidario político de Lincoln antes de unirse al gabinete, se dedicó a él y trabajó diligentemente para dirigir las operaciones militares hasta el final del conflicto.
Edwin McMasters Stanton fue un abogado y político estadounidense. Sirvió como fiscal general entre 1860 y 1861 y Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos durante la mayor parte de la guerra civil estadounidense y los primeros años de la reconstrucción.
8 de ago. de 2017 · NPR's Ron Elving reviews a massive new tome on the life of Edwin Stanton, certainly one of the most contentious and controversial figures in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet of rivals.
