| Birth: | Apr. 4, 1792
Danville
Caledonia County
Vermont, USA | | Death: | Aug. 11, 1868
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
US Congressman. As leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States House of Representatives during the Civil War, pressured President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves and then pushed through the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, and the 14th Amendment, protecting the freed slaves. His struggle against slavery included the imposing of Reconstruction on the South and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
Search Amazon for Thaddeus Stevens | | | Burial:
Shreiner's Cemetery
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA |
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Record added: Jan 01, 2001
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Thaddeus Stevens: Sir, you will be remembered as a man from Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, you were a witty, sarc...(Read more)
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