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Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.
Thaddeus Stevens, the most powerful congressman during and after the Civil War, changed the fabric of the United States government, helping to push it towards the promise of equality for all. Immortalized in the movie Lincoln, by Steven Spielberg, Stevens was a fearless champion of freedom and equality.
May 14, 2024 · Thaddeus Stevens was a U.S. Radical Republican congressional leader during Reconstruction (1865–77) who battled for freedmen’s rights and insisted on stern requirements for readmission of Southern states into the Union after the Civil War (1861–65). Admitted to the Maryland bar, he moved to.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Arguably the most important opponent of slavery in American history, Thaddeus Stevens is also the most forgotten.
- Tracy Schorn
The anecdote demonstrates early on in his life Stevens’s basic character—his rashness, his inconsistencies, his convictions, and his tenacity. We know Thaddeus Stevens as an ardent abolitionist who championed the rights of blacks for decades—up to, during, and after the Civil War.
Apr 2, 2014 · Thaddeus Stevens was a Radical Republican leader and one of the most powerful members in the U.S. House of Representatives. He focused much of his political attention...
Feb 19, 2013 · Meet the real Thaddeus Stevens, the man who inspired Tommy Lee Jones' impassioned performance in Spielberg's Lincoln. by Peter Carlson 2/19/2013. Share This Article. The New York Times called him “the Evil Genius of the Republican Party.”
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