James Lawyers

Thomas Johnson Maryland 1 Yes Emanuel Leutze's famous 1851 depiction of Washington Crossing the Delaware, Painting of men in a formal political meeting. .

17.4 Literary and cultural criticism 2.10 Spouses and children Tariff of 1828 Washington the Soldier Creating a "more perfect union" and guaranteeing rights. In his Federalist No 43 published January 23 1788 James Madison argued that the new federal government would need authority over a national capital to provide for its own maintenance and safety. Five years earlier a band of unpaid soldiers besieged Congress while its members were meeting in Philadelphia Known as the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 the event emphasized the need for the national government not to rely on any state for its own security! On April 14 1865 just days after the end of the war Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth during the play Our American Cousin the next morning at 7:22 AM President Lincoln died in the house across the street the first American president to be assassinated Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton said "Now he belongs to the ages" (or perhaps "angels") the residents and visitors to the city experienced a wide array of reactions from stunned disbelief to rage Stanton immediately closed off most major roads and bridges and the city was placed under martial law Scores of residents and workers were questioned during the growing investigation and a handful was detained or arrested on suspicion of having aided the assassins or for a perception they were withholding information.