Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 - March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States (U.S.) Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction along with Thaddeus Stevens. He jumped from party to party, gaining fame as a Republican. One of the most learned statesmen of the era, … Wikipedia
1 When Mr. Lincoln first arrived in Washington, Sumner declined Mr. Lincoln's challenge to stand back to back to determine who was taller. www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=162&subjectID=2
Mr. Lincoln and Friends reviews the many men and a few women whose friendships helped determine Mr. Lincoln's political progress and success in the state capital in Springfield, Illinois and the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/inside.asp?pageID=80&subjectID=6
Mr. Lincoln and Freedom details the progress of Mr. Lincoln's opposition to slavery from his years in the Illinois State Legislature, to the drafting of the Emancipation Proclamation, to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=74&subjectID=4
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War . New York: Knopf, 1960; Donald, David Herbert. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001068/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Charles Sumner. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner
1 When Mr. Lincoln first arrived in Washington, Sumner declined Mr. Lincoln's challenge to stand back to back to determine who was taller. www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=162&subjec...
Mr. Lincoln and Friends reviews the many men and a few women whose friendships helped determine Mr. Lincoln's political progress and success in the state capital in Springfield, Illinois and the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/inside.asp?pageID=80&subj...
Mr. Lincoln and Freedom details the progress of Mr. Lincoln's opposition to slavery from his years in the Illinois State Legislature, to the drafting of the Emancipation Proclamation, to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=74&subjectID=4
