Edwin M Stanton
American
Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician, notable for working as Secretary of War in the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Son: Lewis H Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician, notable for working as Secretary of War in the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1860/00/00 | Lewis H Stanton is born in Washinton, DC, to Ellen Hutchison and Edwin Stanton. | Father | |||||
| 1865/00/00 | At some point Edwin M Stanton rents US Senator Jefferson Davis former pew at Church of the Epiphany in Washington. | Faith | Church of the Epiphany | Washington, DC | |||
| 1865/04/14 | Secretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher and Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton are late to Lincoln's last cabinet meeting. | Secretary of War | White House Executive Residence | The White House | |||
| 1865/04/15 | Secretary of War Edwin Stanton writes a note from the president's deathbed that will be telegraphed to the nation: Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after Seven. | Witness | Petersen House | Washington, DC | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | ||
| 1867/00/00 | Edwin Stanton has the old Kalorama Hospital chapel dismantled, carted by wagon and rebuilt on 23rd Street in the predominantly colored and sparsely settled area called Foggy Bottom. The chapel was to be sold as lumber. | Benefactor | St Mary's Episcopal Church | Washington, DC |
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