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Edwin Stanton
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 154 years ago |
Date of birth | December 19,1814 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Steubenville |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 24,1869 |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Buried | The Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States |
Children | Edwin Lamson |
Lucy Lamson | |
Spouse | Ellen Stanton |
Mary Stanton | |
Parents | Lucy Norman Stanton |
David Stanton | |
Job | Lawyer |
Politician | |
Latest noncurrent party | Republican Party |
Place of burial | The Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States |
Previous position | United States Secretary of War (1862–1868), United States Attorney General (1860–1861) |
Party | Republican Party |
Books | Florida Contested Election of United States Senator |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 461191 |
Edwin Stanton Life story
Edwin McMasters Stanton 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.