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CIVIL WAR LEADER PAINTING: EDWIN M. STANTON, Sec.ry War
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up for sale is a SPECTACULAR HISTORICAL AMERICANA - CIVIL WAR LEADER "SECRETARY OF WAR" PORTRAIT PAINTING: EDWIN M. STANTON, SEC.ry OF WAR....a great Americana item, if you collect or decorate in HISTORIAL - CIVIL WAR LEADERS this is a must have item; Very Good Original Condition, watercolor & ink painting hand done on old paper; mounted in a distressed antique frame; I found this painting in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; measurements: LARGE SIZE image is 28" by 20"; outer frame size is 38" by 30"; buyer will pay $32.99 UPS Shipping, with insurance & tracking; I am selling this artwork with a 7 day guarantee on full customer satisfaction with the sale. Any questions I will answer to best of my ability. Edwin M. Stanton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Edwin McMasters Stanton25th 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 Born December 19, 1814 (1814-12-19 ) Steubenville, Ohio , U.S. Died December 24, 1869 (1869-12-24 ) (aged 55) Washington, D.C., U.S. Political party Democratic /Republican Spouse(s) Mary Lamson Stanton Ellen Hutchison Stanton Alma mater Kenyon College Profession Lawyer, Politician Religion Methodist Signature Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during the American Civil War from 1862–1865. Stanton's effective management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. After Lincoln's assassination, Stanton remained as the Secretary of War under the new President Andrew Johnson during the first years of Reconstruction. He opposed the lenient policies of Johnson towards the former Confederate States. Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton led the House of Representatives to impeach him. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ edit ] Early life and career Stanton between 1852 and 1855, with his son, Edwin Lamson Stanton (1842–1877).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. His mother ran a general store in Steubenville. [ 3] His father was a physician of Quaker stock. Stanton's father died in 1827 when Edwin was only thirteen. Stanton was forced to leave school to help support his mother. Stanton began his political life as a lawyer in Ohio and an antislavery Democrat . After leaving Kenyon College he returned to Steubenville in 1833 to get a job to support his family. He began studying law and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1836. At the age of twenty one Stanton argued his first case before the court. [ 2] Stanton built a house in the small town of Cadiz, Ohio , and practiced law there until 1847, when he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He resided at one point in Richmond, Ohio, in what is now Everhart Bove Funeral Home. [ edit ] Law and politicsStanton's legal career would bring him to practice in Ohio, then Pittsburgh, and finally in Washington, D. C In 1856, Stanton moved to Washington, D.C., where he had a large practice before the Supreme Court . In 1859, Stanton was the defense attorney in the sensational trial of Daniel E. Sickles , a politician and later a Union general, who was tried on a charge of murdering his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key II (son of Francis Scott Key ), but was acquitted after Stanton invoked one of the first uses of the insanity defense in U.S. history. In 1860 Stanton gave up a successful law practice and was appointed Attorney General in the lame-duck presidential administration of James Buchanan [ 3] [ 4] Stanton was sent to California in 1...
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