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Edwin Stanton

1814 - 1869

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Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. secretary of war under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. However, he was criticized by many Union generals, who perceived him as overcautious and a micromanager. He also organized the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Stanton is the 1,928th most popular politician (up from 14,156th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,375th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edwin Stanton ranks 1,928 out of 19,576. Before him are Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Emeric, King of Hungary, Cheoljong of Joseon, Amasis II, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. After him are Jens Stoltenberg, Carlos Menem, Kamala Harris, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Tony Tan, and Yohannes IV.

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Among people born in 1814, Edwin Stanton ranks 10. Before him are Mikhail Lermontov, Samuel Colt, Anders Jonas Ångström, Adolphe Sax, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Julius von Mayer. After him are Hong Xiuquan, Henri Nestlé, Jenny von Westphalen, James Joseph Sylvester, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, and August Grisebach. Among people deceased in 1869, Edwin Stanton ranks 6. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Franklin Pierce, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ghalib, and Allan Kardec. After him are Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Thomas Graham, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Stanton ranks 668 out of 20,380. Before him are Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Bill Hewlett (1913), George Herbert Mead (1863), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Tennessee Williams (1911), and Angela Davis (1944). After him are Burton Richter (1931), Harold Lloyd (1893), William E. Moerner (1953), Kamala Harris (1964), Richard Bach (1936), and Albert Fish (1870).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edwin Stanton ranks 81. Before him are Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), Tim Walz (1964), Chester A. Arthur (1829), John Kerry (1943), and Lucy Webb Hayes (1831). After him are Kamala Harris (1964), Mike Pence (1959), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Andrew Mellon (1855), Laura Bush (1946), and Boris Johnson (1964).

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