Albert Gallatin Edwards(1812 - 1892), was an assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. In 1887 he founded the brokerage firm that today bears his name, A. G. Edwards, in Saint Louis, Missouri. The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1969 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Motto: Official website: http://stlouis. ...