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Historian Benjamin P. Thomas was completing his research for a definitive biography of Stanton when he died in 1956. Harold M. Hyman, 37, a historian at U.C.L.A., took Thomas' research, added to it, and wrote Stanton: The Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary...
Tolerant Giraffe. At first. Hyman seems to be joining the Stanton haters. He cheerfully reports that Stanton was possessed of a "wily versatility in ingratiating himself simultaneously with men of widely divergent views," and was more than willing to advance his career by setting his sail to catch the political winds. There is even evidence. Hyman admits, that Stanton connived to discredit his predecessor so that he could...
Although his enemies later claimed he was illegitimate, Edwin Stanton was born in thoroughly respectable circumstances to an Ohio doctor and his devout Methodist wife. Long before he became Secretary of War. Stanton made a name for himself as an outspoken lawyer who loved the rough-and-tumble of both politics and the courtroom...
...common knowledge in Washington that Stanton had been referring to Lincoln for years as "a giraffe" and "a low, cunning clown." But Lincoln named Stanton Secretary of War partly because he was a Democrat who could bring some balance to the Republican-dominated Cabinet, partly because he was a talented man who could bring some organization to the chaotic War Department...
Jokes in Crisis. The two men became stanch allies and farm friends, although Stanton never could abide Lincoln's habit of cracking jokes in time of crisis. "God damn it to hell," Stanton stormed after one round of presidential humor, "was there ever such nonsense?" Stanton once told a petitioner that the President was a damned fool. When the petitioner repeated the remark to the President, Lincoln professed astonishment: "Did Stanton call me a damn fool? Well, I guess I had better step over and see Stanton about this. Stanton is usually right...