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(07-27-2014 08:26 AM)marieandlouis Wrote:  Thanks Gene. I have read that Johnson wanted to get rid of Stanton because allegedly they were both in on the plot
to assassinate Lincoln and Johnson was afraid Stanton would reveal that Johnson was involved. So, Johnson fired Stanton. I wonder if there was any truth to that?

I agree with the opinion others have posted - there is no merit to this idea (for a multitude of reasons).

From a common sense standpoint, if Johnson wanted Stanton to keep quiet about some sort of complicity between the two in something as monumental as a presidential murder, firing him from a job that he obviously wanted to keep doesn't seem to me to be a particularly effective way of ensuring his silence.