Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner

You are looking at an educational picture of Charles Sumner. It was taken between 1855 and 1865.

Sumner was a anti-slavery Senator between 1860 and 1865, and a staunch pro-Lincoln man. Charles Sumner was present at the Deathbed of Abraham Lincoln, after the president was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

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Image ID# B0237EE6
Ref: loc/Mathew Brady Collection

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This Photograph Comes from the Collection:

• Mathew Brady Studio

And is Part of the Following Theme Groups:

• Abraham Lincoln Assassination

• Dignitaries and Statesmen of the 1800s