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John George Nicolay (February 26, 1832 – September 26, 1901) was a German-born American author and diplomat who served as private secretary to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and later, with John Hay, co-authored Abraham Lincoln: A History, a ten-volume biography of the 16th president.
Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. secretary of war under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War.
There are many coincidences with the assassinations of U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, and these have become a piece of American folklore.The list of coincidences appeared in the mainstream American press in 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, having appeared prior to that in the GOP Congressional Committee Newsletter.
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and an assistant for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat.
Abraham Lincoln and his secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay photographed by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863 in Washington, D.C. The Secretary to the President is a long-standing position in the United States government, known by many different titles during its history.
A well-known letter commonly attributed to President Abraham Lincoln was likely written by his secretary John Hay, finds new research.
The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, ... Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) Edwin M. Stanton: January 20, 1862 ...
Nicolay and Hay were friends from an early age. In 1860 they were selected as personal secretary and assistant secretary, respectively, to President Abraham Lincoln of the United States, and served throughout his presidency. Each of them became notable in his own right as both went on to other offices, Hay later serving as U.S. Secretary of ...