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One Night with Stanton, Johnson and Stanton Turmoil
The correspondent recalls a 1867 68 episode recounted by Governor Thayer of Nebraska describing cabinet resignations Harlan Speed Dennison and Stanton’s defense of the War Department. It covers Senate visits Gen Grant and the fear of military seizure and Stanton’s resolve.
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Owana
Omaha Republican
Luke P. Po-land
Vermont
Stanton
Johnson
Thayer
Omaha
Harlan
Speed
Dennison
Andrew Johnson
Republican Party
War Department
Senate
Lorenzo Thomas
Army
Charles Sumner
Cameron
Chandler
Michigan
Ramsey
Minnesota
Anthony
Rhode Island
Gen. Grant
New York
Secretary Stanton
Gen. Carr
Congress
Grant
Carr
Navy Department
Blanton
Bat Johnson