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Title
Edwin
Stanton
Memorial
in
Steubenville
,
Ohio
Subject
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
Memorials -- Ohio
Time Period
1930s
Place
Steubenville (Ohio)
Jefferson County (Ohio)
Description
This
image
depicts
a
statue
memorializing
Edwin
Stanton
in
Steubenville
,
Ohio
.
Born
in
Steubenville
in
1814
,
Edwin
McMasters
Stanton
studied
at
Kenyon
College
and
opened
his
law
practice
in
Cadiz
in
1836
. The
grandson
of
North
Carolina
slaveholders
,
Stanton
opposed
slavery
. A
successful
railroad
attorney
and
War
Democrat
at the
beginning
of the
Civil
War
, he
accepted
the
challenge
of
reorganizing
President
Abraham
Lincoln's
War
Department
.
Stanton
enforced
unpopular
draft
laws
,
fought
draft
,
restricted
the
press
, and
nationalized
the
railroads
. An
effective
planner
and
logistician
,
Stanton
moved
20,000
soldiers
more
than
1,200
miles
in a
week
by
railroad
to
relieve
the
siege
of
Chattanooga
in
1863
.
Following
Lincoln's
assassination
,
Stanton
clashed
with
President
Andrew
Johnson
and
provoked
the
act
that
led
to
Johnson's
impeachment
. He
died
four
days
after
President
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
appointed
him to the
U.S
.
Supreme
Court
in
1869
.
Creator
Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
ca.
1935-1943
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
,
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
;
Box
8
,
Folder
6
Format
Picture
;
Photographic
Print
(Black
and
White)
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06437.tif
Image Height
4527
Image Width
4527
File Size
78720512 Bytes
Notes
Copyright
Notes
:
Government
record.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-06
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