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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.
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 reconstrucción .
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.
9 de nov. de 2009 · Learn about Edwin M. Stanton, a lawyer and politician who served as Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war during the Civil War and later as a Supreme Court justice. Find out how he managed the Union war effort, supported emancipation and clashed with Andrew Johnson.
13 de abr. de 2017 · Learn about Edwin M. Stanton, the attorney who became Lincoln's loyal and efficient cabinet member during the Civil War. Find out how he reformed the War Department, investigated the assassination, and clashed with Johnson.
Edwin M. Stanton was born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio, the oldest of four children. He attended Kenyon College and went on to become a lawyer in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. before being appointed U.S. Attorney General in 1860. Stanton was known for his tenacity and antislavery political views.
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.
