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executive mansion and the several departments at Washington be draped in mourning, and that all business be suspended on the day of the funeral." In selecting names for a place in the Hall of Fame, October, 1900, his name in class M, Rulers and Statesmen, received six votes. He died in Washington, D.C., Dec. 24, 1869.

STANTON, Elizabeth Cady, reformer, was born in Johnstown, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1815; daughter of Judge Daniel Cady (q. v.) and Margaret (Liv- ingston) Cady; and granddaughter of Col. James Livingston (q. v.). She was graduated from ^f,^ Johnstown academy.

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taking the second prize in Greek, in 1829, and from Mrs. Emma Willard's sem- inarj% Troy, N.Y., in 1832. She subse- quently read law in her father's office, also acting as his amanuensis, and

through this environ- ment became inter- ested in obtaining equal laws for women. She was married, Mayl, 1840, to Henry Brewster Stanton (q.v.), whom she accompanied to the World's Anti-Slavery convention at Lon- don, England, participating in the debate in re- gard to the admission of women as delegates to the convention. While abroad, she formed a friendship with Mrs. Lucretia Mott (q. v.), with whom she issued the call for the first woman's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19-20, 1848, and which, after long and bitter opposition, inaugurated the woman suffrage movement. In the same year she secured the passage of her " mari-ied woman's property bill," and in 1854 addressed both houses of the New York legislature on the unjust laws for women. She again addressed the legislatui-e in 1860, by request, advocating divorce for drunkenness, and in 1867 urged upon the legislature and the state constitutional convention the right of women to vote. She subsequently canvassed numerous states in behalf of woman suffrage; was a candi- date for representative in the U.S. conr^ress in 1868, and from 1868 annually appeared before a committee of congress, advocating a 16th amend- ment to the constitution of the United States, granting suffrage to women. She resided in Tena- fly, N.J., 1870-90, and subsequently in New York city. She was the mother of Daniel Cady Stan- ton, Louisiana state senator, 1870; Henry Stan- ton (Columbia, B.L., 1865), corporation lawyer; Hon. Gerrit Smith Stanton (Columbia, B.L., 1865);

Theodore Stanton (Cornell, A.B., 1876, M.A.), journalist and author of "Woman Question in Europe; " Margaret Stanton Lawrence (Vassar, A.B., 1876), professor of physical training; Har- riot Stanton Blatch (Vassar, A..B.. 1878, M.A.), president New York Equal Suffrage league (1902-03); Robert Livingston Stanton (Cornell, B.S. 1880, Columbia, B.L., 1881). Mrs. Stanton was president of the national committee of her party, 1855-65; of the Woman's Loyal league, 1861; of the National Woman Suffrage association, 1865- 93, and honorary president, 1893-1903; and first president and founder of the International Coun- cil of Women, 1888. In 1868, with Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury, she established and edited the Revolution, a weekly newspaper. Slie is the author of: The History of Woman Suf- frage (with Susan B. Anthony and Matilda J. Gage, 3 vols., 1880-86, vol. 4, 1903); Eighty Years and More, autobiography (1895); The Woman's Bible (1895); and of contributions to periodicals at home and abroad. Her eightieth birthday (1895) was widely celebrated. She died in New York city, Oct. 2, 1902, the funeral address being delivered by the Rev. Moncui-e D. Conway, and was buried at Woodlawn cemetery. New York city, where her husband was also buried, the Rev. Phoebe A. Hanaford officiating. A memorial service was held in New York city, Nov. 19, 1902, William Lloyd Garrison delivering an address. STANTON, Frederic Perry, representative, was born in Alexandria, Ya., Dec. 22, 1814; son of Richard and Harriet (Perry) Stanton. He was graduated from Columbian university, Washing- ton, D.C., in 1833; studied theology and after- ward law, and practised in Memphis, Tenn. He was a Democratic representative in the 29th-33d congresses, 1845-55, serving as chairman of the committee on naval affairs and of the judiciary committee, 1853-55; was secretary of the territory of Kansas from April to December, 1857, and upon the departure of Governor Walker to Washing- ton in 1857, Stanton became acting governor, serv- ing until Dec. 21, 1857, when the President sent J. W. Denver as secretary. Stanton then joined Governor Walker in Washington, but soon after returned to Kansas, and on May 12, 1858. Den- ver was made governor. He resigned, Oct. 10, 1S58, and was succeeded by Samuel Midway. Kansas was admitted as a state. Jan. 29, 1861; the legislature convened in IMarch and four candidates were presented to the joint session for the offices of U.S. senator, F P. Stanton, J. M. Parrott, James H. Lane and S. C. Pomeroy, and, after an exciting contest, the two latter were declared elected, the defeate.l candidates freely charging the result to illegal voting and the com- bination of two candidates on one ballot. Mr. Stanton then removed to Wasliingtou, D.C.,