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He tried to replace Edward Stanton.
The Secretary of War was Edwin McMasters Stanton.Stanton has been described as difficult to work with, and there might have been some personality conflicts; Johnson wanted to replace him with General Grant (who declined the position). Lincoln had appointed Stanton and while the Civil War was going on, Stanton had developed a lot of influence and power.
Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War during the American Civil War, died of asthma on December 24, 1869. He suffered a severe asthma attack and passed away at his home in Washington, D.C.
Edwin M. Stanton was appointed as Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln administration. He was in the position during the entirety of the Civil War.
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Edwin McMasters Stanton was Secretary of War from 1862-1865.
Stanton was was federal. He served as the Union's Secretary of War from 1862 to the end of the War.
Lincoln's Secretary of War was Edwin M. Stanton. He had contested with Lincoln for the Republican nomination for President in 1860.
Johnson tried to remove war secretary from office but he refused it. The secretary was known as Edwin Stanton and has also served as the war secretary under Lincoln's regime.
In 1854 Abraham Lincoln was retained by Cyrus McCormick regarding a patent lawsuit. The case was originally to be tried in Illinois where Lincoln could practice law. Just before the case was set for trial, Lincoln's client and his client's rivals agreed to have the trial conducted in Ohio. Lincoln was paid $1,000 and was in attendance at the trial in Cincinnati, Ohio. McCormick had retained Edward M. Stanton to handle the case. There Lincoln met Stanton and was impressed by Stanton's brilliance. During the US Civil War, Lincoln remembered how well Stanton conducted the patent case and in 1862, Stanton became the second Union secretary of war.
Johnson suspended Secretary of War Stanton