Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln appointed John G. Stephenson as librarian of Congress

Time: 1861

Place: Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: Abraham Lincoln appointed John G. Stephenson as librarian of Congress in 1861 and the appointment is regarded as the most political to date. Stephenson was a physician and spent equal time serving as librarian and as a physician in the Union Army. He could manage this division of interest because he hired Ainsworth Rand Spofford as his assistant.

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