Edwin McMasters Stanton, photographed by Mathew Brady
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EDWIN McMASTERS STANTON
December 19, 1814• December 24, 1869
- Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio
- Education: Attended Kenyon College, studied law, admitted to bar in 1836
- 1860: Appointed Attorney General by President James Buchanan
- 1862: Appointed Secretary of War by Abraham Lincoln
- 1868: Dismissed from his duties as Secretary of War by President Johnson, in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act, which precipitated the Impeachment of President Johnson. Stanton resigned on May 26th.
- 1869: Appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Ulysses Grant but he died four days after the appointment was confirmed
- Political Party: Democrat
- First Marriage: Lucy Ann Brown
- Second Marriage: Ellen Hutchison
- Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons to first marriage
- Age at Death: 55 years
- Place of Death: Washington, D.C. (Georgetown)
- Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure (asthma)
- Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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