Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1866-1876Burgess, John William
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Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1866-1876
Burgess, John William
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877
Johnson, Andrew, elected vice-president, 21;
calls Tennessee convention, 23;
proclamation of Feb. 25, 1865, 25;
becomes president, 30;
plan and acts as to reconstruction, 31-41;
proclamation of May 29, 1865, 33, 34;
identity of his plan with Lincoln's, 36;
proclaims federal law in force in Virginia, 37;
proclamations as to civil government, 39;
message of Dec., 1865, 40;
relation to congressional views of reconstruction, 61;
sends Grant and Schurz through the South, 63;
veto of Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66, 67;
speech of Feb. 22, 1866, 67;
veto of civil rights bill, 70, 71;
effect of it, 72;
veto overridden, 73;
as to fourteenth amendment, 80;
message as to Tennessee, 83;
veto of Freedmen's Bureau bill overridden, 88-90;
relations with Stanton, 90, 91;
changes in cabinet, 90;
relation to New Orleans riot, 95, 96;
endorsed by convention of 1866, 99;
criticized by conventions of 1866, 101, 102;
takes part in campaign of 1866, 102;
proclamation declaring war ended, 103;
message of Dec., 1866, 104, 105;
vetoes bill as to negro suffrage in District of Columbia, 107, 108;
bill passed over his veto, 109;
first attempt at impeachment, 109;
vetoes resolution on confiscation act, 122;
influence of Seward on, 124;
vetoes reconstruction bill and tenure-of-office bill, 126;
encroachment on his power, 128;
veto of supplemental reconstruction bill, 132, 133;
orders under the statutes, 135, 136, 138;
vetoes bill interpreting reconstruction acts, 140, 141;
distrust of Stanton, 140;
veto overridden, 142;
suspends Stanton, 142, 143;
Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145, 195;
supersedes Pope with Meade, 152;
the attempt to impeach, 157-194;
message on suspension of Stanton, 160-163;
relations with Grant, 164-168;
supersedes Stanton with Thomas, 169, 170;
Covode resolution, 171;
action of House on impeachment, 173 _et seq._;
vetoes overridden, 197, 199, 202;
proclaims reconstruction completed, 202;
conduct in campaign of 1868, 213;
last annual message, 214;
proclamation of Dec., 1868, 215;
veto of colored school bill, 216;
retirement, 218, 219;
relations with republicans, 219-221;
policy compared with Grant's, 230
Johnson, James, appointed governor of Georgia, 37
Johnson, Reverdy, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
report on reconstruction, 86;
in convention of 1866, 99;
offers bill on reconstruction, 117;
negotiates treaty with Clarendon, 303
Joint Committee on Reconstruction, 57, 58;
recommendation on representation, 74;
proposes bill, 80;
its bill rejected, 82;
final report of, 84-86
Joint High Commission, 307
Julian, George W., on impeachment committee, 174;
joins liberal republicans, 264
Kansas ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204
Kellogg, Ensign H., on Halifax commission, 320, 321
Kellogg, William P., in Louisiana politics, 270-272;
certificate in 1876 election, 290
Kendall vs. United States (12 Peters 524), 144
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