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Edwin McMasters Stanton


25th United States Attorney General
In office December 20, 1860 – March 4, 1861
President	James Buchanan
Preceded by	Jeremiah S. Black
Succeeded by	Edward Bates
27th United States Secretary of War
In office January 20, 1862 – May 28, 1868
President	Abraham Lincoln (1862–1865) Andrew Johnson (1865–1868)
Preceded by	Simon Cameron
Succeeded by	John M. Schofield
Personal details
Born	(1814-12-19)December 19, 1814 Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1869(1869-12-24) (aged 55) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Lamson Stanton Ellen Hutchison Stanton
Alma mater	Kenyon College
Profession	Lawyer, Politician
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Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the United States Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's effective management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory under the command by Ulysses S. Grant.

Early life

Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of four children to David and Lucy Norman Stanton. Throughout his childhood and adult life Stanton suffered from asthma. Stanton studied at Kenyon College. He was also from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Personal life

He was married to Mary Lamson from 1836 until her death in 1844. They had two children; Lucy Lamson and Edwin Lamson. Then he was married to Ellen Hutchinson. His brother David committed suicide. Stanton died on December 24, 1869 in Washington, D.C. from respiratory failure, aged 55.

United States Attorneys General

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United States Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army

Cabinet-level	Knox • Pickering • McHenry • Dexter • Dearborn • Eustis • Armstrong • Monroe • W. H. Crawford • Calhoun • Barbour • P. B. Porter • Eaton • Cass • Poinsett • Bell • Spencer • J. M. Porter • Wilkins • Marcy • G. W. Crawford • Conrad • J. Davis • Floyd • Holt • S. Cameron • Stanton • Schofield • Rawlins • Belknap • A. Taft • J. Cameron • McCrary • Ramsey • Lincoln • Endicott • Proctor • Elkins • Lamont • Alger • Root • W. H. Taft • Wright • Dickinson • Stimson • Garrison • Baker • Weeks • D. F. Davis • Good • Hurley • Dern • Woodring • Stimson • Patterson • Royall

Dept. of Defense	Royall • Gray • Pace • Stevens • Brucker • Stahr • Vance • Ailes • Resor • Froehlke • Callaway • Hoffmann • Alexander • Marsh • Stone • Shannon • Sullivan • West • Walker • Caldera • Dahlberg • Westphal • White • Brownlee • Harvey • Geren • McHugh • Fanning • Murphy

Cabinet of President James Buchanan (1857–1861)

Vice President	John C. Breckinridge (1857–1861)

Secretary of State	Lewis Cass (1857–1860) • Jeremiah S. Black (1860–1861)

Secretary of the Treasury	Howell Cobb (1857–1860) • Philip F. Thomas (1860–1861) • John A. Dix (1861)

Secretary of War	John B. Floyd (1857–1860) • Joseph Holt (1860–1861)

Attorney General	Jeremiah S. Black (1857–1860) • Edwin M. Stanton (1860–1861)

Postmaster General	Aaron V. Brown (1857–1859) • Joseph Holt (1859–1860) • Horatio King (1861)

Secretary of the Navy	Isaac Toucey (1857–1861)

Secretary of the Interior	Jacob Thompson (1857–1861)

Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)

Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) • Andrew Johnson (1865)

Secretary of State	William H. Seward (1861–1865)

Secretary of the Treasury	Salmon P. Chase (1861–1864) • William P. Fessenden (1864–1865) • Hugh McCulloch (1865)

Secretary of War	Simon Cameron (1861–1862) • Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1865)

Attorney General	Edward Bates (1861–1864) • James Speed (1864–1865)

Postmaster General	Montgomery Blair (1861–1864) • William Dennison (1864–1865)

Secretary of the Navy	Gideon Welles (1861–1865)

Secretary of the Interior	Caleb Blood Smith (1861–1862) • John Palmer Usher (1863–1865)

Cabinet of President Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)

Vice President	Vacant (1865–1869)

Secretary of State	William H. Seward (1865–1869)

Secretary of the Treasury	Hugh McCulloch (1865–1869)

Secretary of War	Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868) • John Schofield (1868–1869)

Attorney General	James Speed (1865–1866) • Henry Stanberry (1866–1868) • William M. Evarts (1868–1869)

Postmaster General	William Dennison (1865–1866) • Alexander Randall (1866–1869)

Secretary of the Navy	Gideon Welles (1865–1869)

Secretary of the Interior	John Palmer Usher (1865) • James Harlan (1865–1866) • Orville Hickman Browning (1866–1869)

Images for kids

Stanton's birthplace in Steubenville, Ohio
Stanton's home in Cadiz, Ohio
Stanton's home on Third Street in Steubenville
A lithograph of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
An engraving of Cyrus H. McCormick
Stanton's home in Washington, D.C.
A depiction of the scene in the courtroom during Daniel Sickles' trial
Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War before Stanton
Stanton as Secretary of War
Photograph of Edwin Stanton
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, 1862. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
"The Situation", a Harper's Weekly cartoon gives a humorous breakdown of "the situation". Stanton aims a cannon labeled "Congress" on the side at President Andrew Johnson and Lorenzo Thomas to show how he was using Congress to defeat the president and his unsuccessful replacement. He also holds a ramrod marked "Tenure of Office Bill" and cannonballs on the floor are marked "Justice". Ulysses S. Grant and an unidentified man stand to Stanton's left.
The 1st Stanton postage stamp, issue of 1871
Stanton depicted on a $1 1891 Treasury Note.

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