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Hace 3 días · 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).. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1836, Stanton became a highly successful attorney.
28. Simon Cameron defeated the nomination of Woodward to the Supreme Court, the latter likely with Buchanan's help. 29. Simon Cameron felt free to oppose it as he owed no debts to Polk and the Pennsylvania legislature had passed a resolution asking the state's congressional delegation to oppose the legislation.
9 de nov. de 2009 · A native of Ohio, Stanton briefly served as attorney general under President James Buchanan before succeeding Simon Cameron as the U.S. secretary of war in January 1862.
Simon Cameron / John Dabour, 1837-1905 / Oil on canvas, 1871/ National Portrait Gallery, gift of G H Chase Simon Cameron (above) was Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war when hostilities began in 1861. Cameron, however, was a somewhat corrupt and poor administrator; President Lincoln sent him to Russia to serve as minister in 1862. Cameron’s replacement did not necessarily
Cameron, Simon Born: 1799-03-08 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died: 1889-06-26 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Born into a poor Pennsylvania family, Simon Cameron received little formal education. His professional life began as an apprentice to various printers in Harrisburg and Lancaster County.
Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War. Lincoln: Potomac Press, 2016. xxiv + 367 pages. Hardcover, $55.50. Paul Kahan, a lecturer at Ohlone College, provides more than a biography of Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania political boss and Lincoln's first Secretary of War. His work also
Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War: A Political Biography on JSTOR. Front Matter.
