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Title
Edwin
M
.
Stanton
Home
Subject
Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States
Steubenville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
United States. Secretary of War
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Steubenville (Ohio)
Jefferson County (Ohio)
Description
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reads
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“Negative
B-120
Historical
home
of
Stanton
at
Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson
County
(Canton
office)
District
3”
Edwin
McMasters
Stanton
was the
Secretary
of
War
in the
Lincoln
administration
during
the
American
Civil
War
.
Edwin
Stanton
was
born
on
December
19
,
1814
, in
Steubenville
,
Ohio
. In
1835
, he
passed
the
bar
examination
. He
argued
his
first
case
in
court
before
he
reached
the
age
of
twenty-one
.
Stanton
joined
a
law
firm
in
Cadiz
,
Ohio
, and
local
voters
elected
him to be the
Harrison
County
prosecuting
attorney
in
1837
. In
1839
, he
returned
to
Steubenville
,
where
he
opened
a
law
practice
with
Benjamin
Tappan
. In
1842
, the
Ohio
legislature
appointed
Stanton
to be the
reporter
to the
Ohio
Supreme
Court
.
Steubenville
residents
selected
him to be
city
solicitor
in
1847
.
President
James
Buchanan
appointed
him to be
Attorney
General
of the
United
States
in
December
1860
.
Stanton
held
this
position
until
Abraham
Lincoln
took
office
in
March
1861
.
Following
the
resignation
of
Simon
Cameron
as
Secretary
of
War
in
January
1862
,
Lincoln
appointed
Stanton
to the
office
.
Stanton
accepted
and
became
one
of
Lincoln's
closest
advisors
during
the
American
Civil
War
.
Lincoln
respected
Stanton's
opinion
and
took
many
of his
suggestions
to
heart
.
When
Lincoln
died
in
April
1865
,
Stanton
was
regarded
as the
informal
president
of the
United
States
until
Andrew
Johnson
was
sworn
into
office
.
Stanton
did
not have a
close
relationship
with
Andrew
Johnson
.
Stanton
strongly
supported
civil
rights
legislation
and
Johnson
was
much
more
cautious
on this
issue
.
Johnson
demanded
Stanton's
resignation
, but the
Secretary
of
War
refused
.
Johnson
fired
Stanton
in
1867
.
Johnson's
actions
angered
many
members
of the
Congress
of the
United
States
.
Congress
had
approved
the
Tenure
of
Office
Act
,
which
required
the
president
to have
Congressional
approval
before
removing
cabinet
officers
. The
act
had been
designed
to
protect
Stanton
. The
House
of
Representatives
impeached
the
president
. The
Senate
then
debated
whether
or not to
remove
Johnson
from
office
. In a
vote
of
thirty-five
to
remove
the
president
and
nineteen
opposed
,
Johnson
remained
president
. The
vote
fell
one
vote
short
of
having
the
necessary
number
to
remove
Johnson
.
Hearing
of the
Senate's
decision
,
Stanton
immediately
resigned
as
Secretary
of
War
on
May
26
,
1868
.
Stanton
returned
to
private
life
but
remained
active
in
politics
. He
actively
campaigned
for
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
in the
presidential
election
of
1868
.
Upon
taking
office
,
Grant
appointed
Stanton
to the
United
States
Supreme
Court
.
Before
Stanton
could
take
office
, he
died
on
December
24
,
1869
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
2010-10-13
Date modified
2011-01-06
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