After whom did Stanton serve as Secretary of War?
Abraham Lincoln
James K. Polk
Franklin Pierce
John Quincy Adams
Answer
Abraham Lincoln appointed Edwin Stanton as his Secretary of War, a position Stanton held from January 1862 until Lincoln's assassination in April 1865. Stanton proved to be a capable and determined administrator, overseeing the vast expansion of the Union army and helping to secure victory in the Civil War.
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