Edwin Stanton Jr.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:Police_Department
gptkbp:advocates_for gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:political_organization
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:birth_date 1814-12-19
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Steubenville,_Ohio
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Oak_Hill_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edwin_Stanton_Jr.
gptkb:William_Stanton
Ellen Stanton
Edwin Stanton III
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:Tenure_of_Office_Act
gptkbp:death_date 1869-12-24
1869-12-14
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:education gptkb:Kenyon_College
gptkb:Yale_Law_School
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Edwin_Mc_Masters_Stanton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwin Stanton Jr.
gptkbp:image Edwin_ Stanton.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:is_involved_in War Department reforms
gptkbp:is_opposed_by Andrew Johnson's policies
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
Legal reforms
Civil War leadership
Reconstruction Era policies
Reconstruction efforts
Handling of the War Department
gptkbp:legacy Civil Rights Advocacy
Advocate for civil rights
Influential in military policy
Promoter of legal integrity
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_event Advocated for veterans' rights
Testified before Congress
Participated in the establishment of the War Department's policies
Advocated for the Freedmen's Bureau
Appointed Secretary of War
Facilitated Lincoln's funeral arrangements
Fired by Andrew Johnson
Involved in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Oversaw military during Civil War
Promoted African American enlistment
Supported the Thirteenth Amendment
Supported the establishment of military hospitals
Worked on military reconstruction
Worked on the implementation of the draft
Contributed to the establishment of the National Cemetery system
Facilitated the transition of power after Lincoln's assassination
Involved in the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Promoted the use of African American soldiers in the Union Army
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Police_Department
Civil War Administration
War Department during the American Civil War
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:office gptkb:Police_Department
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Simon_Cameron
gptkbp:president gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:relationship gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:retired 1868-05-26
gptkbp:role gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Military_Reconstruction_Act
Legal advisor
Civil War leader
War Department head
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Stanton
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_A._Rawlins
gptkb:William_Belknap_Jr.
gptkb:John_M._Schofield
gptkbp:term_end 1868-05-26
gptkbp:term_start 1862-01-15
gptkbp:works_with gptkb:General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:General_John_C._Frémont
gptkb:General_John_M._Schofield
gptkb:General_James_B._Mc_Pherson
gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:General_Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:General_George_H._Thomas
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_William_S._Rosecrans
gptkb:General_Edward_O._C._Ord
gptkb:General_Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_H._Seward
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_George_Meade
gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:General_George_B._Mc_Clellan
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_Philip_H._Sheridan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ford's_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3