AMH-4172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Benjamin Wade, Henry Winter, Ironclad Oath
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The only southern congressman who didn"t leave the union during the war. Lived his whole life in tn working his way up the political/bureaucratic ladder. When johnson rst took lincoln"s place, some of the radical republicans were secretly glad because they felt johnson would be tougher on the southern traitors". He drank 3 double whiskeys to aid his abscessed tooth and went out to speak to. This caused the majority of the country (even those that had openly opposed. Lincoln throughout the war) to fear a situation where johnson found himself in power. However, when he did come into power he was rather lenient in his handling of reconstruction. Basically used lincoln"s 10% plan and changed the 10% clause to that portion who are loyal which could literally be two guys. He mean"t speaking face to face this was crazy because there were over 15,000 quali ed to meet with him.
