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After Lincoln

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by A. J. Langguth

as orator, 127

  as Pennsylvania representative, 127

  in Pennsylvania state legislature, 125

  personality and character of, 122

  photograph of, 116

  and preservation of the Union, 128

  and presidential appointments, 172

  and presidential powers, 173

  and race issues, 153, 158

  Radical Republicans and, 10, 158, 185

  Reconstruction and, 131–32, 136, 330

  as Reconstruction Committee chairman, 186, 191–92

  religion and, 127, 233

  reputation of, 125

  and seating of southern representatives, 147

  Seward and, 128, 131, 154, 209

  slavery, 124, 127, 128, 129

  speeches of, 158, 193–94

  Sumner and, 130

  and Tenure of Office Act, 172, 173

  and Thomas as replacement for Stanton as secretary of war, 191–92

  views about southern states of, 119, 128, 131–32

  voting rights and, 232

  Wade compared with, 204

  as Ways and Means Committee chairman, 128, 131, 132

  Webster and, 126

  Stewart, Alexander, 251, 252, 253, 254, 269

  Stewart, William, 139

  Stoeckl, Eduard de, 177

  Story, Joseph, 5, 7

  suffrage. See black vote; voting rights; women: voting rights of

  Sumner, Alice Mason Hooper, 150–52, 178–79, 247, 322

  Sumner, Charles

  and Alaska territory, 176–78

  and American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 79

  amnesty and, 319–20

  Babcock’s comment about, 271

  black rights and, 171, 319–20, 321

  black vote and, 88, 117, 118, 130, 139, 204

  Brooks and, 11–16, 17, 41, 202, 321

  Butler and, 10–11

  Canada annexation and, 269, 272

  as chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 177–78, 249–50, 272–73, 280

  Chase and, 178, 195, 197, 209

  and Chase appointment as Chief Justice, 197

  civil rights and, 139–40, 145, 319, 321–22, 323

  and Colorado statehood, 139

  Davis and, 54

  death and funeral of, 322, 323, 362

  Douglas and, 11, 14

  and Dred Scott decision, 78

  early professional activities of, 6–7

  education policies and, 5, 269–70

  elections of 1848 and, 7

  elections of 1860s and, 17, 23

  elections of 1872 and, 290, 291, 319, 320–21

  European travels of, 5–6, 14

  family/personal background of, 5, 8, 150–52, 178–79, 201, 205, 247, 321

  Fessenden and, 138–39, 186

  Fifteenth Amendment and, 260

  financial affairs of, 151, 152, 271–72

  Fish and, 272

  and Fourteenth Amendment, 145–46

  and Free Soil Party, 7–8, 36

  and Fugitive Slave Act, 10, 11

  funeral of, 340

  Grant and, 189, 249–50, 252, 268–72, 273, 278, 280, 319, 320, 321, 331

  Greeley and, 291, 320–21

  and Harper’s Ferry raid, 16–17

  Hayes and, 329

  health of, 149, 151, 272, 321, 322

  and Hoar appointment, 253

  impeachment of Johnson and, 183, 205, 209, 211, 217

  influence of, 319

  Johnson and, 86, 88, 117–18, 119, 121, 122, 130, 134, 138, 145, 150, 155, 171, 204, 320

  Kansas and, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 139

  legacy of, 357

  Liberal Republicans and, 319

  Lincoln and, 17–20, 23–24, 75, 78, 84, 117

  and Lincoln’s assassination, 117

  Louisiana readmission and, 117

  and Louisiana’s readmission, 112

  Massachusetts legislature censure of, 321, 322

  as Massachusetts senator, 8, 10–11, 14

  media and, 130

  and Mexican War, 7

  Mississippi readmission and, 270

  and mother’s death, 149, 150, 151, 152

  Motley recall and, 270–71

  “Naboth’s Vineyard” speech of, 272

  Nast cartoon of, 321

  Nebraska statehood and, 204

  New Radicals and, 272

  personality and character of, 8, 10, 16, 19, 25, 39, 75, 121, 139, 159, 249, 269, 321

  photograph of, 4

  Pinchback and, 309

  and preservation of the Union, 18–19, 130

  race issues and, 5, 270

  as Radical Republican, 10

  Reconstruction and, 118

  Republican Party and, 10

  reputation of, 178, 179, 203

  Revels and, 305, 306

  and Rock case, 78–79

  and Santo Domingo treaty, 268–69, 270, 271, 272

  Seward and, 10, 17, 38, 39, 44, 46, 86–87, 130, 176–77, 250

  slavery and, 9–10, 11, 17, 18, 23–24, 44, 78–79, 202

  speaking tour of, 271–72

  speeches of, 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23–24, 146

  Stanton and, 163, 188

  Stevens and, 130

  and Stewart nomination as Treasury secretary, 252

  Story’s influence on, 5

  Supreme Court views of, 5

  and Tenure of Office Act, 269

  and Texas annexation, 6–7

  Thomas as replacement for, 188, 189

  Trumbull and, 280

  unpopularity of, 8

  Virginia readmission and, 118, 269–70

  vision of post–Civil War society of, 5, 25, 117

  voting rights and, 117, 118, 139, 260

  Wade and, 130, 201, 204, 217

  and Wade-Davis bill, 74

  war views of, 7

  Welles and, 130

  writings of, 322

  Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, 124

  Supreme Court, U.S.

  black attorneys appearing before, 78–79

  black rights and, 357–58, 363

  Blyew decision of, 356

  Chase named Chief Justice of, 47, 196–97

  Chase relationships on, 217

  Cruikshank decision of, 315, 338, 357

  Dred Scott decision of, 78, 139, 306, 358

  elections of 1876 and, 350

  Grant’s nominations for chief justice of, 315–16

  Jim Crow laws and, 367–68

  Johnson and, 170, 232

  Louisiana slaughterhouse rulings (1873) of, 356

  Morgan v. Virginia decision of, 367

  Plessy v. Ferguson decision of, 358, 367

  Reconstruction and, 170

  and Rock case, 78–79

  salaries for justices of, 311

  segregation decisions of, 358, 367–68

  states’ rights and, 356, 357–58, 363

  Sumner’s views about, 5

  See also specific justice

  Surratt, Anna, 92

  Surratt, John Harrison, 49–50, 91, 92, 96, 98, 100, 181

  Surratt, Mary, 49–50, 51, 91–92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 181

  Swift, Jonathan, 224

  “Swing Around the Circle” tour, Johnson’s, 153, 154–58, 207, 271

  Taft, Alphonso, 340, 341, 342, 348

  Tammany Hall, 210–11, 261, 335–37

  Taney, Roger, 5, 196, 197, 306

  Taylor, Sarah “Knoxie.” See Davis, Sarah Taylor “Knoxie”

  Taylor, Zachary, 36, 37, 41, 55–56, 57, 58, 240

  teachers, 277, 278

  temperance, 124

  temporary insanity plea, 164, 346

  Ten Percent Plan, 74–75

  Tennessee

  black vote in, 223, 229

  elections in, 81, 159, 299

  Emancipation Proclamation and, 22

  Fourteenth Amendment and, 169

  Freedmen’s Bureau in, 107, 119

  Hayes tour o
f, 359

  Johnson as governor of, 82, 129, 176, 223

  Johnson in legislature of, 83

  readmission of, 136

  reconstruction in, 88, 223

  Scottsboro Boys trial in, 366

  seating of congressional representatives from, 169

  See also Pulaski, Tennessee

  Tenth National Bank of New York, 263

  Tenure of Office Act, 172, 173, 181, 182, 185, 189–90, 206, 209, 269

  Texas, 6–7, 35, 88, 174, 232, 299, 360, 365, 366

  Texas and Pacific Railroad, 323, 324

  Thanksgiving, Lincoln proclaims, 46

  Thirteenth Amendment, 23–25, 78, 118, 121, 132, 133, 135, 151, 260

  Thomas, Lorenzo, 187–92, 207, 208

  Thompson, Frances, 144

  “Thugs,” in New Orleans, 147

  Thurmond, Strom, 370–71

  Tilden, Samuel Jones

  elections of 1876 and, 337, 341, 342–43, 344–51

  monetary policy and, 342

  personal and professional background of, 334–38

  photograph of, 333

  Tammany Hall and, 335–37

  Till, Emmett, 368

  Tilton, Theodore, 153

  Tracy, Albert, 32, 33

  trade, during Civil War, 244–45

  Transcendental Club, 292

  transportation system

  Seward and, 31

  See also specific railroad

  Treasury Department, U.S.

  and American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 79

  former Confederates at, 130

  gold reserves at, 259–68

  land policies and, 79

  scandals involving, 316, 317, 343

  Stewart nomination for, 252, 254, 269

  and trade during Civil War, 244

  Whiskey Ring and, 290

  See also Boutwell, George S.; Chase, Salmon P.

  Trenchard, Asa, 90

  Trent affair, 46

  Truman, Harry S., 367, 370–71

  Trumbull, Lyman, 139–40, 211, 213, 280–81, 290

  Tugaloo College, 277

  Tupelo, Battle of, 227

  Turner, Benjamin S., 305

  Turner, Nathaniel “Nat,” 113, 309

  Twain, Mark (pen name of Samuel Clemens), 296

  Tweed, William M. “Boss,” 210–11, 261, 263, 335–37, 336

  Twelfth Amendment, 350

  Tyler, John, 35

  Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe), 105, 289

  Union Army

  blacks in, 25, 65, 67–68, 72–74, 78, 134, 143, 226–27, 276

  commissioning of officers in, 73–74

  desertions in, 44

  morale in, 71–72

  prisoners of war and, 22

  See also specific person or battle

  Union College, 28

  Union Intelligence Service, 176

  Union League, 230, 287

  Union Pacific Railroad, 286, 297–98

  Union Party, 153, 157

  Union Reform Party, 229

  Union Republican Party (Louisiana), 146–47

  Unionville, South Carolina, KKK in, 282

  United States v. Cruikshank, 315, 338, 357

  University of Alabama, Lucy incident at, 368

  University of Michigan, Sumner speech at, 272

  University of Mississippi, Meredith at, 369

  Van Buren, Martin, 29, 30, 34, 36, 39, 69, 126, 231, 334

  Van Winkle, Peter, 213, 218

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 180, 261, 262

  Vicksburg, Battle of, 46, 246

  Virginia

  blacks as officeholders in, 269–70

  and Fifteenth Amendment, 269

  Freedmen’s Bureau in, 108

  Grant’s views about, 269–70

  Hayes tour of, 359

  Jim Crow laws in, 360

  Johnson’s appointments in, 120

  Johnson’s pardons in, 119

  motto for, 90

  New Radicals and, 269–70

  readmission of, 118, 232, 269–70

  reconstruction in, 88

  schools in, 113

  segregation in, 319

  Stevens’ views about, 127

  Sumner’s views about, 269–70

  voting rights

  Chase and, 217

  in District of Columbia, 170–71, 204

  elections of 1868 and, 217, 232–33

  Fifteenth Amendment and, 260

  Grant’s views about, 3

  immigrants and, 260

  Johnson and, 88, 118, 171, 182

  KKK and, 224

  and Lincoln’s attempt at reconciliation, 74

  Lincoln’s views about, 40, 117

  Pinchback and, 255

  Radical Republicans, 182, 255

  Stanton and, 168

  Stevens and, 232

  Sumner and, 117, 118, 139, 260

  Wade and, 204

  and Wade-Davis bill, 74

  See also black vote; women: voting rights for; specific state

  Wade, Benjamin

  black rights and, 199, 204

  Butler and, 203

  Chase and, 201, 202

  in Civil War, 203, 204

  early legal career of, 200

  early political career of, 200–201

  elections of 1860 and, 202–3

  elections of 1868 and, 330

  and Forrest’s pardon, 228

  Fugitive Slave Law and, 201

  Greeley and, 202

  Hayes and, 330

  health of, 204

  impeachment of Johnson and, 206, 212, 217

  influence of, 203, 204

  Johnson and, 140–41, 203–4

  KKK and, 278

  labor issues and, 199, 205

  Lincoln and, 75, 203

  and Nebraska statehood, 204

  personal and professional background of, 199–200, 201

  personality and character of, 199, 201, 202, 203

  photograph of, 198

  presidential ambitions of, 205, 206, 217

  Radical Republicans and, 10, 205

  religion and, 199, 202

  reputation of, 202, 203

  as Senate president pro tempore, 199, 205

  Seward and, 201–2, 203, 206

  slavery and, 200

  speeches of, 200, 202

  Stanton and, 203

  Stevens compared with, 204

  Sumner and, 130, 201, 204, 217

  and Ten Percent Plan, 74

  views about southern states of, 202

  voting rights and, 204

  wealth views of, 205

  Weed and, 211

  and women’s rights, 199

  See also Wade-Davis bill

  Wade, Caroline Rosekrans “Cad” (wife), 201, 202, 203, 204

  Wade-Davis bill, 74–75

  Wade-Davis Manifesto, 75

  Waite, Elizabeth Ann “Lizzie.” See Howard, Elizabeth Ann Waite “Lizzie”

  Waite, Morrison Remick, 310, 316, 317, 356–57

  Wall Street, Black Friday (1869) on, 265–66, 267

  Walls, Josiah T., 305

  Walthall, John, 284

  War of 1812, 29–30, 54, 123, 163, 241

  war debt, Confederate, 74, 118, 120

  War Department, U.S.

  and American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 79

  Baker as head of intelligence unit at, 90

  Belknap as secretary of, 318

  Booth investigation by, 92

  Cameron as head of, 164–65, 187

  congressional investigation of, 164–65

  Davis appointed secretary of, 57

  and Davis’s garments, 94

  Ewing nominated as secretary of, 192

  Freedmen’s Bureau and, 79, 108, 110, 276

  Grant’s relations with, 253

  Johnson and, 170, 173

  See also Secretary of War; Stanton, Edwin McMasters—as secretary of war

  Ward, Julia. See Howe, Julia War
d

  Ward, Sam, 192–93, 210, 218, 231, 313

  Ward, William, 312, 313

  Warmoth, Henry Clay, 146–47, 175, 255, 256, 257, 301, 302, 303, 304, 307, 308, 309

  Warner, Amelia, 357

  Warren, Earl, 367–68

  Washburne, Elihu, 249, 252, 254

  Washington College, Lee as president of, 287

  Washington Commission, 350–51

  Washington, D.C.

  attack (1864) on, 97

  elections of 1876 in, 344

  See also District of Columbia

  Washington, George, 47, 90, 94, 137, 189, 247, 311, 338

  Washington and Lee University, 287

  Washington Territory, miscegenation laws in, 360–61

  Ways and Means Committee, House, 128, 131, 132

  wealth/aristocracy

  Cooper’s views about, 339–40

  Jackson’s views about, 84

  Johnson’s views about, 84, 87–88, 118, 122, 133

  Wade’s views about, 205

  Webb, Lucy Ware. See Hayes, Lucy Ware Webb

  Webster, Daniel, 7, 8, 126, 233

  Weed, Edward Thurlow

  black vote and, 211

  bribery and, 218

  Chase and, 194

  Clay and, 33, 34, 35

  elections and, 33, 34, 40, 46–47

  Greeley and, 42, 291, 294

  impeachment of Johnson and, 209, 210–11

  influence of, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 210–11

  Johnson and, 122

  labor issues and, 211

  land policies and, 129

  Lincoln and, 41–42, 294

  personal and professional background of, 29–30

  photograph of, 36

  and Republican Party, 38

  Schurz and, 39

  Seward and, 29, 30–31, 32, 33–34, 36, 37, 38, 157, 194, 250

  Seward’s (Frances) death and, 86

  and Union Party, 157

  Van Buren and, 30

  Wade and, 211

  Weichmann, Louis, 92, 98

  Welles, Gideon

  Butler and, 77

  civil rights and, 140

  and Emancipation Proclamation, 20

  and Grant, 77

  impeachment of Johnson and, 209

  Johnson and, 84, 130, 168, 182

  and Johnson’s “Swing Around the Circle” tour, 154

  and Lincoln’s cabinet appointments, 45

  and New Orleans riots, 149

  Reconstruction and, 135

  and rumors about Johnson, 192

  Seward and, 135

  Stanton and, 168

  Sumner and, 130

  Wells, J. Madison, 147

  West Point (U.S. Military Academy)

  black cadet at, 318–19

  Custer at, 154

  Davis at, 55

  Grant as cadet at, 238–39

  Grant’s evaluation of graduates of, 240

  Grant’s reaction to Smith expulsion at, 319

  Grant’s visit to, 264

  Howard at, 103–4

  Lee as cadet at, 89

  Lee as superintendent at, 103

  Wheeler, William A., 338, 349

  Whig Party, 9, 32. See also specific person or election

  Whiskey Ring, 210, 290, 317

 

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