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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 War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory.
9 de nov. de 2009 · Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) was a lawyer and politician who served as Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war during the Civil War (1861-65). A native of Ohio, Stanton briefly served...
9 de abr. de 2024 · Edwin M. Stanton 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). Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1836, Stanton became a highly successful attorney.
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20 de mar. de 2024 · Stanton’s role in ending the American Civil War was significant but controversial. Historian William Marvel, author of a 2015 biography on Stanton, describes him as an “autocrat” who wielded his power excessively to repress wartime freedoms, spreading propaganda and opposing the rights of the press.
12 de ene. de 2024 · Edwin McMasters Stanton was United States Secretary of War from 1862 to 1868, serving under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson. On February 24, 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson, in part because he attempted to fire Edwin Stanton and replace him with General Lorenzo Thomas.
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13 de abr. de 2017 · Edwin M. Stanton was secretary of war in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet for most of the Civil War. Though he had not been a political supporter of Lincoln's before joining the cabinet, he became devoted to him, and worked diligently to direct military operations until the end of the conflict.
He returned to the presidential cabinet in 1862, this time as President Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war. Following Lincoln’s assassination, Stanton remained as new President Andrew Johnson’s secretary of war, but the two ultimately clashed. Johnson prepared to remove Stanton from the cabinet altogether.
