| LC control no. | n 50023914 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 |
| Variant(s) | Stevens, T. (Thaddeus), 1792-1868 |
| Birth date | 1792-04-04 |
| Death date | 1868-08-11 |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Type of family | male |
| Found in | Brodie, F. (McKay) Thaddeus Stevens, scourge of the South, 1959. Speech of Hon. T. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, ... on the public lands, 1852 Wikipedia.com, 15 March 2017 (Thaddeus Stevens; Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 - August 11, 1868); was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s; fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against African-Americans, sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, in opposition to President Andrew Johnson; Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the American Civil War, he played a leading role, focusing his attention on defeating the Confederacy, financing the war with new taxes and borrowing, crushing the power of slave owners, ending slavery, and securing equal rights for the Freedmen; born in Danville, Vermont; enrolled at Burlington College, University of Vermont; suspending his education due to the War of 1812; reenrolled at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating in 1814; became a successful lawyer in Gettysburg) |
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