Talk:Edwin Stanton

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"There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen." is a DOUBLE ENTENDRE. Compare, Sic Semper Tyrannis. The 'unidentified man' in the cannon-cartoon looks allot like JWBoothe.

home state for cabinet lists

Currently, both the Attorney General article and the Secretary of War article list Ohio as his home state, but from the article it appears he had not lived there since 1847. If he moved to Washington in 1856, shouldn't his home state for these purposes be "D.C."? Is there a source which suggests he was appointed from Ohio? john k (talk) 04:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Lincoln Assassination Section

The last paragraph of this section, the one dealing with the mistreatment of the conspirators on trial, is taken almost (if not completely) verbatim from the Kunhardts' Twenty Days chapter "No Funerals for the Assassins." 45750born (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:33, 19 May 2010 (UTC).

edwin stanton

1) in the intro it mentions "Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton led the House of Representatives to impeach him." this is ambiguous. who was impeached, stanton or johnson?

2) in early life section it says "He helped his mother in run a general store in Steubenville." instead of "in run" i suppose it should say "IN RUNNING" or "TO RUN".

3) why does it say "At the age of twenty one Steuben argued his first case before the court." shouldn't it be STANTON who did the arguing?

4) in civil war section it says "Stanton was Lincoln's closest adviser during the American Civil War but was divided over the issue he supported arming freed slaves to fight in the Union Army." this sentence does not make sense; it seems like two partial sentences combined without the proper transitional phrase. okay he was lincoln's close advisor but what does the rest mean? stanton was divided in his own mind - or divided from lincoln's policy? and what exactly was this division about?

5) it says "...who committed suicidse..." that is misspelled. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ QUESTION I was trying to ask how do we know how Stanton changed is mind re: Lincoln after the War of the Rebellion and became a Republican this would be nice to add to this article just food for thought. I tried asking this question before but somehow my Tilde sign came across as an unknown user. Was signed in?? Cmurdock1955 (talk) 17:48, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Legacy

I know that a collection of streets named after people this famous may be a long exhausting list. However, I believe that is information people may be looking for and interested to read. I live in Pittsburgh right near where Edwin Stanton lived before DC and Stanton Road and the adjacent Stanton Heights in Highland Park Pittsburgh was named after him/his family.

I am curious if others think this information should be included?

(Greasyqtip (talk) 14:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC))

"intimate personal friends"?

Odd reference to Stanton and Vallandingham being "intimate personal friends" before the war. Are the quote-marks meant to be suggestive? If the author wants to make a point about the nature of the relationship, he should clarify this. Or just say 'personal friends', without any quote marks. 109.154.15.65 (talk) 14:52, 30 March 2013 (UTC)