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To: AlanD

He did appoint Edwin Stanton, who was a Democrat who bitterly opposed Lincoln’s election in 1860 (and had been in Buchanan’s Cabinet).


65 posted on 05/23/2010 1:21:24 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Stanton was not appointed to Lincoln’s original cabinet.


67 posted on 05/23/2010 1:22:49 PM PDT by AlanD
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