#edwin stanton

[soitgoes4948]

Happy Tobias Tuesday everyone! 🥰

[obliviousmelon]

tobias menzies will be like yes. i will be playing this historical figure. but i will give him new hair. better hair. and more importantly i will make him queer.

[allysah]

i’m going to be so sick right now

and they made lincoln gay and snuggle with joshua speed god bless

[perioddramamen]

TOBIAS MENZIES as Edwin Stanton MANHUNT (2024) — 1.06 'Useless'

[daily-tobias-menzies]

Day 90, and today's Tobias is...Curious cat

[hallyudoinchica]

About to get my nails redid soon & just wanted to post the manicure I've had for the last month that I had done in honor of Tobias Menzies birthday~.

Feat Miffy as James Fitzjames on one thumb & an Edwin Stanton inspired Goth Loli on the other~.

The rest of the nails were based on Rococo, roses from paintings of Marie Antoinette & other such things & watercolor~.

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

The president is not home today

[deadpresidents]

Hello! Did you by any chance read Brenda Wineapple's The Impeachers? If so, did you like it? I am not very well-versed in this 'immediately after Lincoln's assassination' period of time, but I've recently watched Apple TV's Manhunt and, well, I want to know more. Either way, I hope you have a wonderful day!

All of Brenda Wineapple's books are excellent, and The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) is no exception. I'd definitely recommend it.

A few other recommendations focusing on that time period you're speaking of are:

•Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by David O. Stewart [2009]

•High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Gene Smith [1976]

•Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Epic Battle (BOOK | KINDLE) by Garry Boulard [2022]

Those are all more focused on Andrew Johnson's chaotic succession to the Presidency following Lincoln's assassination, his impeachment, and the Senate trial which very nearly removed him from office. If Apple TV's "Manhunt" is what piqued your interest, I'd definitely suggest the two books that directly inspired the series:

•Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by James L. Swanson [2006]

•Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by James L. Swanson [2010]

Of course, one of the main characters in "Manhunt" is Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, played by Tobias Menzies. I'm still bothered that he didn't have a beard in the series since Stanton had one of the great beards of the 19th Century, but you can do a deep dive into Stanton's life (he also wasn't a detective/borderline action hero as portrayed in the series) along with some of the other figures of that early Reconstruction era who were characters in "Manhunt":

•Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Walter Stahr [2017]

•Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by William Marvel [2016]

•American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Michael W. Kauffman [2004]

•Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray [2008] -- A great book about the nearly two dozen often-overlooked (and sometimes completely forgotten) Black men elected to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from the Deep South during Reconstruction. This is a group of figures from American history desperately in need of a Ken Burns-style documentary.