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Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against African-Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, in opposition to President Andrew Johnson. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the American Civil War, he played a major part in the war's financing.
Stevens was born in rural Vermont, in poverty, and with a club foot, giving him a limp he kept his entire life. He moved to Pennsylvania as a young man, and quickly became a successful lawyer in Gettysburg. He interested himself in municipal affairs, and then in politics. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he became a strong advocate of free public education. Financial setbacks in 1842 caused him to move his home and practice to the larger city of Lancaster. There, he joined the Whig Party, and was elected to Congress in 1848. His activities as a lawyer and politician in opposition to slavery cost him votes and he did not seek reelection in 1852. After a brief flirtation with the Know-Nothing Party, Stevens joined the newly formed Republican Party, and was elected to Congress again in 1858. There, with fellow radicals such as Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, he opposed the expansion of slavery and concessions to the South as war came.
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Plot: In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war.
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Genres: Biography, Drama,Thaddeus Stevens. Who is he? Many have not heard of this man, yet he was one of the greatest abolitionists in our nation, and some even consider him to be second in line to President Abraham Lincoln. Discover the life and legacy of this remarkable man through this biographical video.
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Video about Thaddeus Stevens and his importance to Lancaster, PA
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Randall Kennedy, author and Harvard Law Professor, discusses the cause of racial equality. He highlights Thaddeus Stevens, Dartmouth class of 1814, who contributed to this cause. (4/10/08) http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/
The portrayals of Thaddeus Stevens in Birth of A Nation, Tennessee Johnson and a mini-series about Reconstruction
This is a trailer for a documentary currently in production, by the Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy on "Pennsylvania's HistoryMakers". Funding is being sought to complete the first of these programs, on the great American hero, Thaddeus Stevens. Please consider helping to fund this worthy project.
The old man Thaddeus Stevens cries as he is read the what has been accomplished after so long of injustice.
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Thaddeus Stevens, born 220 years ago, has left a local legacy.
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Small cinematic at the beautiful Thaddeus Stevens College campus.
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A play about Thaddeus Stevens and his housekeeper, Lydia Hamilton Smith. The performance was at the Gettysburg Heritage Center on June 11, 2016. Stevens is played by George Muschamp and Smith is played by Sheila Supenski. Before the play, the Ballad of Thaddeus Stevens was sung by Paul Moschette
This 15-minute play re-enacts how Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and House Clerk Edward McPherson prevented ex-Confederates and their allies from taking over Congress on December 4, 1865. Players were: George Muschamp as Thaddeus Stevens, Kramer Hardman as Edward McPherson, Donald Gallagher as Rep. John Wentworth, Ross Hetrick as Rep. James Brooks and Paul Christopher Moshette as Horace Maynard. The performance was at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology on Dec. 4, 2015.
Director of Marketing and Public Information Chad Baker talks about the January start date for the Metals Fabrication & Welding Program at TSCT. See www.stevenscollege.edu for more information.
NJCAA Region 19 Round One playoff game. Montgomery County Community College Mustangs vs. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. Saturday Feb. 22, 2014. WIN 85-61.
Paul Moschette plays the ballad of Thaddeus Stevens. George Muschamp plays Thaddeus Stevens and Sheila Supenski plays Lydia Hamilton Smith. Ross Hetrick, president of the Thaddeus Stevens Society joins them for questions and answers.
Ross Hetrick, playing Thaddeus Stevens, comments on Lincoln movie at the Ugly Mug Coffeehouse in Gettysburg, PA on November 23, 2013.
Gattaca at Thaddeus Stevens College on September 29, 2012. The final score was Gattaca 35 Thaddeus Stevenson 38
Beverly Palmer, editor of the collected papers of Thaddeus Stevens, talks on Thaddeus Stevens and emancipation on April 13, 2012 at the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
Rep. Ryan Aument reports from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology for this edition of Legislative Report.
The Athletic Department of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology honored student athletes for their accomplishments during the 2012-13 academic school year.