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| Keywords: Thaddeus Stevens - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon Thaddeus Stevens of Penn Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00460 CALL NUMBER LC-BH83- 613 <P P>P P between 1860 1875 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD thumb left retouched version LOC-image cwpbh 00460 4 April 1792 in Danville Vermont 11 August 1868 in Washington D C auch bekannt als Der große einfache Bürger The Great Commoner war ein außerordentlich radikaler Republikaner und Anwalt bekannt für die Verteidigung geflohener Sklaven Nachdem er 1814 das Dartmouth College absolviert hatte ging er nach York wo er an einer Schule unterrichtete und Recht studierte Nach seiner Approbation als Anwalt etablierte er 1815 eine erfolgreiche Anwaltskanzlei erst in Gettysburg und später in Lancaster April 4 1792 August 11 1868 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania He was the powerful leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction His biographer characterizes him as The Great Commoner savior of free public education in Pennsylvania national Republican leader in the struggles against slavery in the United States and intrepid mainstay of the attempt to secure racial justice for the freedmen during Reconstruction the only member of the House of Representatives ever to have been known even if mistakenly as the 'dictator' of Congress <ref>Trefouse p xi</ref> This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Stevens Thaddeus Black and white photographic portraits of politicians Stevens Thaddeus Thaddeus Stevens | ||||
