October 1872 Issue [Article] Edwin M. Stanton Download PDF Adjust Share by Thomas Bangs Thorpe, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1861-1865 19th century Cabinet officers Civil War, 1861-1865 Edwin McMasters Stanton History Patronage, Political Politics and government United States Washington (D.C.) More from Thomas Bangs Thorpe About the Fox and the Fox-hunters The fox at last felt the necessity of a run for his life, for he mounted the bluff, stopped a moment to breathe the fresh air, and chose his course… Lewis Gaylord Clark The United States Treausury Department Adjust Share