Edwin-Stanton (between 1852 and 1855), between 1852 and 1855

Edwin mcmasters stanton (1814–1869), seated, with his son edwin lamson stanton (1842–1877), standing in profile photograph shows american lawyer and politician edwin stanton formally posed with his son a few years before stanton became u. S. Attorney general for president buchanan (1860–1861) and then secretary of war for presidents lincoln and johnson (1862–1868). Purchase and gift from the james madison council and george s. Whiteley, iv, 2008 (dlc/pp-2008:153. 001). Daguerreotype collection (library of congress). Medium: 1 photograph: half plate daguerreotype. Date: between 1852 and 1855.