Title: Thaddeus Stevens Description: Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792-August 11, 1868), a powerful U.S. House of Representatives member from Pennsylvania; although a strong critic of Abraham Lincoln (February 25, 1809-April 15, 1865), sixteenth President of the U.S. (1861-1865); he wanted Lincoln to be harder on the South; when the president's funeral train passed by Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he removed his hat for a second to honor him; Stevens had threatened Lincoln with impeachment if the president didn't agree with his ideas on reconstruction after the North was victorious in the American Civil War (1861-1865); he also urged Lincoln to give the former slaves the right to vote after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing them; Lincoln had been shot by American stage actor John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838-April 26, 1865), on April 14, 1865, shortly after the end of the war; Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: American Civil War (1861-1865), assassinations, Emancipation Proclamation, funeral trains, funerals, New York City, presidents of the U.S., U.S. Presidents. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1350 x 1955 (2.64 MPixels) (1.45) Print Size: 11.4 x 16.6 cm; 4.5 x 6.5 inches File Size: 7.58 MB (7,944,842 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530806 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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