What is Edwin M. Stanton?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Edwin McMasters Stanton | image=Edwin McMasters Stanton Secretary of War.jpg | order=25th | title=[[United States Attorney General]] | term_start=December 20, 1860 | term_end=March 4, 1861 | president=[[James Buchanan]] | predecessor=[[Jeremiah S. Black]] | successor=[[Edward Bates]] | order2=27th | title2=[[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start2=January 20, 1862 | term_end2=May 28, 1868 | president2=[[Abraham Lincoln]] (1862–1865)<br/>[[Andrew Johnson]] (1865–1868) | predecessor2=[[Simon Cameron]] | successor2=[[John Schofield|John M. Schofield]] | birth_date={{birth date|1814|12|19|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Steubenville, Ohio]], U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1869|12|24|1814|12|19}} | death_place=Washington, D.C., U.S. | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse=Mary Lamson Stanton<br/>Ellen Hutchison Stanton | alma_mater=[[Kenyon College]] | profession=Lawyer, Politician | signature=Edwin McMasters Stanton Signature.svg }} '''Edwin McMasters Stanton''' (December 19, 1814 &ndash; December 24, 1869) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and politician. He was the [[United States Secretary of War]] under [[Abraham Lincoln]] administration during most of the [[American Civil War]]. Stanton's effective management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory under the command by [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. ==Early life== Stanton was born in [[Steubenville, Ohio]], the eldest of four children to David and Lucy Norman Stanton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=96&subjectID=2 |publisher=The Lincoln Institute. |title=Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869) |accessdate=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67excSSF6?url=http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=96 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Throughout his childhood and adult life Stanton suffered from [[asthma]]. Stanton studied at [[Kenyon College]]. He was also from [[Pittsburgh,