(1806-63) Graduated from South Carolina College in 1829. A lawyer by profession, he was elected to the Virginia house of delegates in 1847, and governor of the state in 1848. President Buchanan appointed him Secretary of War in 1857, a post which he occupied until his resignation on Dec. 29, 1860. This was precipitated by the refusal of Buchanan to order Major Robert Anderson back from Fort Sumter to Fort Moultrie. Floyd was subsequently bitterly criticized in the North for alleged transfer of unwarranted numbers of arms from Northern to Southern...  

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph. Full seated view of the slave girl Rebecca posed with her arms folded across her chest and looking at an American flag hanging at her side. Imprint on the front mount, "Oh! How I Love The Old Flag." Rebecca. Card has been trimmed. Backmark: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. The nett proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted to the...  

(1809-1865) Illinois lawyer. 16th President U.S.A., 1861-65. Led the Union through the Civil War. Famous for The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. His second term in the White House was cut short when he became the first American President to be assassinated. He was shot by the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865, dying early next morning.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Ostendorf #86. Standing view taken by Brady on January 8,...  

(1808-73) After graduating from Dartmouth, he practiced law in Ohio and became a leader in the Liberty, later Free-Soil, party. Elected to the Senate in 1849, he was chosen Governor of Ohio, representing the new Republican party, in 1855 and served for two terms. He had an extreme anti-slavery viewpoint, which prevented his getting the presidential nomination in 1860. Resigning his Senate seat, he became Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, serving until July 1864, and was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in October of that...  

(1814-1869) After graduating from Kenyon College he practiced law and held various minor public offices before being named President Buchanan's Attorney General in 1860. He deplored slavery but upheld the slaveholders' constitutional rights. In 1862 he succeeded Simon Cameron as Lincoln's Sec. of War and proved to be an able and honorable cabinet member. He remained at the post under Andrew Johnson but shortly became a bitter opponent of the president's reconstruction politics. Asked to resign, he refused and was suspended by Johnson. Stanton was however...  

(1802-78) A former newspaper editor, he held various minor political offices and had been in the Navy Department before joining the Republican party in 1855. Named Secretary of the Navy by President Lincoln, he served with great efficiency. Completely loyal to Lincoln, his support of Andrew Johnson as well made him a steadying influence in the presidential cabinet. Resigning in 1869, he later wrote "Lincoln & Seward" and published his own, "Diary of Gideon Welles."

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8...  

(1809-1865) Illinois lawyer. 16th President U.S.A., 1861-65. Led the Union through the Civil War. Famous for The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. His second term in the White House was cut short when he became the first American President to be assassinated. He was shot by the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865, dying early next morning.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. 2/3 seated view, lithographic portrait. Backmark: J.C....  

(1799-1889) A Pennsylvania lawyer, he entered politics, served in the U.S. Senate, and joined the new Republican party. While in the Senate in 1857 he built up the party machine in Pa. that he controlled the rest of his life. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln received his powerful support for president only after Lincoln's managers had promised Cameron a cabinet post, and the President, reluctantly recognizing the bargain made without his knowledge, appointed him Secretary of War. Taking an independent course, he repeatedly embarrassed Lincoln, and the scandals...  

(1809-1865) Illinois lawyer. 16th President U.S.A., 1861-65. Led the Union through the Civil War. Famous for The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. His second term in the White House was cut short when he became the first American President to be assassinated. He was shot by the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865, dying early next morning.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Ostendorf #86. Standing view taken by Brady on January 8,...  

(1809-1865) Illinois lawyer. 16th President U.S.A., 1861-65. Led the Union through the Civil War. Famous for The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. His second term in the White House was cut short when he became the first American President to be assassinated. He was shot by the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865, dying early next morning.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Corners of the mount have been very slightly trimmed....  

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Includes 9 different from life Lincoln views on one card, some of which are very rare and almost impossible to find. Imprint at the center, In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Born, February 12, 1809. Died, April 15, 1865. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, with a 2 cents U.S. Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp with bust vignette of George Washington. Light age toning. Extremely desirable Lincoln mourning card.

One of the most popular Lincoln portraits ever taken, it was done by Anthony Berger, at Mathew Brady's studio, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 9, 1864. Abraham & his youngest son Tad study a Brady photograph album which the elder Lincoln holds on his lap.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Backmark: R.A. Lewis, 152 Chatham Street, New York. Very minor wear. Very fine.