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| 1. | Edwin Mc⋅Mas⋅ters [muh k-mas-terz, -mah-sterz] , 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67. |
| 2. | Elizabeth Ca⋅dy [key-dee] , 1815–1902, U.S. social reformer. |
| 3. | a city in SW California. 21,144. |
| 4. | a male given name. |
| Stan·ton (stān'tən) A city of southern California, a residential suburb in the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area. Population: 37,600. |
| Stanton, Edwin McMasters 1814-1869. American public official who served as U.S. secretary of war (1862-1868). His dismissal by President Andrew Johnson and his subsequent refusal to leave office precipitated the impeachment of Johnson. |
| Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 1815-1902. American feminist and social reformer. She helped organize the first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York (1848), for which she wrote a Declaration of Sentiments calling for the reform of discriminatory practices that perpetuated sexual inequality. |