Edwin Stanton

Edwin Stanton
Edwin Stanton ; (lawyer, politician, deep state actor);
Born	December 19, 1814; Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1869 (Age 55); Washington D.C., U.S.
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Kenyon College
Party	Democratic, Republican
	United States Secretary of War
In office
	January 20, 1862 - May 28, 1868
	United States Attorney General
In office
	December 20, 1860 - March 4, 1861

Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician who was U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War (War for Southern Independence).

Activities

Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory.

Stanton is suspected of being the mastermind behind the plot to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln.^[1]

Stanton organized the manhunt for Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

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