Edwin McMasters Stanton

United States Secretary of War (1862-1868)

Born: 12/19/1814 (Stubenville, OH)
Died: 12/24/1869 (Washington, DC)


Political Party:
Democratic-Republican


Demographics:
Male; Caucasian; Quaker


Profession:
Politician, Lawyer


Political Positions:
U.S. Attorney General (1860 - 1861);
U.S. Secretary of War (1862 - 1868);
U.S. Supreme Court, Appointed, Died before taking office (1869)


Education:
Kenyon College, OH (1833)


Family:
m. Mary Samson (1836), Ellen Hutchison (?)


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