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…[149] Borie, however, only served briefly as Secretary of Navy, replaced by Grant appointment George M. Robeson, while Stewart was lawfully prevented from becoming Secretary of Treasury by a 1789 statute and by Senator Charles Sumner's and Senator Roscoe Conkling's opposition to amend the la...
…appointments and other foreign policy matters to his Secretary of State, William Seward. Seward's initial reaction to the Trent affair, however, was too bellicose, so Lincoln also turned to Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an expert in Britis...
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, ...
1790
Died:1874
Priest
Eton College
Academic degree:BA
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