Henry Stanbery
Henry Stanbery ( Stanberry ) ( born February 20, 1803 in New York City; † June 26, 1881 in New York City ) was an American lawyer, politician and Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ).
Study and career
At the age of eleven years he lingered with his parents to Ohio. After a general education studies at Washington College in Pittsburgh, which closed the son of a physician at age 16 in 1819 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), he studied law. Having reached the age limit, he was first approved in 1824 in Ohio, and in 1832 also at the United States Supreme Court as a lawyer.
As a lawyer, he joined the law firm of the future financial and Minister of the Interior Thomas Ewing in Lancaster (Ohio ) for more than 20 years. In 1853 he settled as a lawyer in Cincinnati.
Minister of Justice under President Johnson
1846 elected him, the General Assembly of Ohio for the first Attorney General of the State. This office he held until 1851. He then spent two years as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Ohio.
The trial of President Andrew Johnson, to appoint him as Chief Justice of the United States, failed because of the resistance of the U.S. Senate because of its lenient attitude towards the restructuring of the United States after the American Civil War, the so-called Reconstruction.
On July 23, 1866, President Johnson appointed him instead as Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ) in his cabinet. This office he laid on March 12, down temporarily to defend the president in the impeachment proceedings brought against it ( impeachment ). At the end of the process, President Johnson appointed him again to the Minister of Justice. The intention to appeal at the same time Stanberys judge of the United States Supreme Court, however, failed due to the reduction of the seats by the Senate.
As Minister of Justice he was instrumental in the Civil Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, involved. On 16 July 1868, he was replaced as Minister of Justice by William M. Evarts, after the Senate had earlier rejected his official resumption of his duties due to the resignation of 12 March.