Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 4, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 15:35, 22 March 2014‎ (UTC)



Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868) 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. After serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Stevens was elected to Congress in 1848 as a Whig. His activities in opposition to slavery cost him votes and he did not seek reelection in 1852. Stevens joined the newly formed Republican Party, and was elected to Congress again in 1858. Stevens argued that slavery should not survive the war; he was frustrated by the slowness of President Abraham Lincoln to support his position. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the American Civil War, he played a major part in the war's financing. After Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, Stevens came into conflict with the new president, Johnson. Stevens's last great battle was to secure articles of impeachment in the House against Johnson, though the Senate did not convict the President.
 * High quality article about a deceased politician who is no longer alive, has stopped functioning, and has ceased to be. 222nd anniversary of his birthday. Promoted to FA in July 2013. 1 point for date relevance. Not sure if we've had a similar article recently. Interesting article related to civil rights and human rights. Most educational to feature this for our readers, in light of recent films 12 Years a Slave (film) and of course Lincoln (2012 film). &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:34, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, as nominator. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:34, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, per Cirt and the author, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:00, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support:I helped a little bit with this article, Wehwalt did a great job here. Highly appropriate topic, timely date and ditto all of the other reasons supporters have stated above.   Montanabw (talk) 16:55, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support a very important Congressman in U.S. history.--Chimino (talk) 20:18, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * , a sortable list of recent TFAs can now be found at Today's featured article/recent TFAs (or WP:TFAREC for short). This should help people find when a last similar TFA was. Hope this helps. BencherliteTalk 23:39, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much,, most appreciated! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:29, 20 March 2014 (UTC)