Edwin Stanton
Born December 19, 1814Steubenville, Ohio
Died December 24, 1869Washington, D.C.
Attorney general, secretary of war, and lawyer
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Edward McMasters Stanton served as U.S. attorney general from 1860 to 1861 under President James Buchanan. Buchanan, by then a lame duck president, appointed Stanton in hopes of convincing the souther...
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Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), American lawyer, was a member of both James Buchanan's and Abraham Lincoln's Cabinets.Edwin M. Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on Dec. 19, 1814. He attende...
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