Johnson suspended him but Congress restored him to the War Office. Finally, Congress impeached the president. He was acquitted by one vote. Then Stanton resigned. Stanton had been interested in serving on the Supreme Court for many years, and President Ulysses Grant appointed him to this post.
Unfortunately, Stanton died before he could take on his new job. Edwin Stanton Edwin Stanton was smart, strong-minded, and outspoken. Before Stanton could take office, he died on December 24, Toggle navigation. Edwin M. Stanton From Ohio History Central. Jump to: navigation , search.
Stanton, Edwin M. See Also Ulysses S. Dee, Christine, ed. Athens: Ohio University Press, Donald, David Herbert. The Politics of Reconstruction, Foner, Eric. A Short History of Reconstruction.
Mantell, Martin E. Johnson, Grant, and the Politics of Reconstruction. Pratt, Fletcher. Stanton: Lincoln's Secretary of War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Reid, Whitelaw. Cincinnati, OH: Clarke, He then resumed his law practice, but not for long.
On December 20, , President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Stanton to the Supreme Court. However, four days later -- and just one day before he would have assumed the office -- Edwin McMasters Stanton died.
Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Stanton was known for his tenacity and antislavery political views. At the start of the Lincoln administration Stanton resigned from his post as Attorney General to serve as Secretary of War Simon Cameron's legal advisor. However, Cameron and Lincoln did not agree on strategies for the war, and after Cameron suggested arming freed slaves to serve in the Union army he was dismissed.
Unaware of Stanton's role in this proposal Lincoln appointed Stanton to the post of Secretary of War in The Maryland Campaign began just a few short months after Stanton took on the role of Secretary of War. In this role Stanton was aggressive but effective, known to throw his weight around to pressure action from politicians and military leaders.
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