In Popular Media
- In the 1930s, a book written by Otto Eisenschiml accused Stanton of arranging the assassination of Lincoln. Although these charges remain largely unsubstantiated, Eisenschim's book inspired considerable debate and the 1977 book and movie, The Lincoln Conspiracy.
- In 1930, Stanton was portrayed by Oscar Apfel in the movie Abraham Lincoln.
- In 1972, Stanton appears in Philip K. Dick's We Can Build You in the form of a self-aware, cybernetic automaton.
- In 1980, Stanton was portrayed by Richard A. Dysart in the TV movie The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd.
- In 1998, Stanton was portrayed by Eddie Jones in the TV movie The Day Lincoln Was Shot.
- Stanton appears prominently in the alternate history Civil War trilogy by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen.
- Stanton Davis Kirkham was named after Stanton by his father, Murray S. Davis, one-time confidential military aide to Stanton during his period as Secretary of War. (Source: "Olden Times in Colorado" by Carlyle Channing Davis.)
- In the Clive Cussler thriller novel, Sahara, Stanton is described as being behind a cover-up of Lincoln's kidnapping and later death, in Confederate custody, aboard the ironclad CSS Texas. Lincoln's body is later recovered by Dirk Pitt and given a state funeral in the Lincoln memorial.
- In 2011, Stanton was portrayed by Kevin Kline in the Robert Redford film The Conspirator.
- Stanton was played by Bruce McGill in Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln.
- Stanton is portrayed by Robert Craighead in another 2012 Lincoln movie, Saving Lincoln, which tells President Lincoln's story through the eyes of Ward Hill Lamon, a former law partner of Lincoln who also served as his primary bodyguard during the Civil War.
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