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
New York, N. Y., democratic convention of 1868 at, 208
New York _Tribune_ prints protest of Wade and Davis, 19
Niblack, William E., motion in House, 43
Nicholls, Francis T., becomes governor of Louisiana, 296
North Carolina, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 35;
convention in, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
act on admission of members from, 198;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
recovery from negro rule, 249
Northcote, Stafford, on Joint High Commission, 307
Northwest Ordinance, 27
Norton, Daniel S., action on the Stevens resolution, 57;
vote on impeachment, 191
O'Conor, Charles, nominated for presidency, 267;
counsel before electoral commission, 291
Odell, W. H., Oregon elector of 1876, 291
Ohio, election of 1866 in, 103;
vote on negro suffrage in, 148;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
withdrawal of ratification, 203, 205, 206;
election of 1872 in, 267
Ord, Edward O. C., in fourth military district, 135
Oregon, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
votes for Seymour, 212;
contested electoral returns of 1876, 289-291
Packard, S. B., takes possession of Louisiana capitol, 271;
retires from office of governor, 296
Palmer, Roundell, at Geneva arbitration, 311
Parker, John, Oregon elector of 1876, 291
Parsons, Lewis E., appointed governor of Alabama, 37
Paschal, George W., in convention of 1886, 100
Patterson, David T., vote on impeachment, 191
Payne, Henry B., on electoral commission, 286
Pendleton, George H., nominated for vice-presidency, 21;
candidate for presidential nomination, 208
Pennsylvania, election of 1866 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267
Perry, Benjamin F., appointed governor of South Carolina, 37
Philadelphia, Penn., conventions of 1866 at, 99, 100;
republican convention of 1872 at, 267
Phillips, Wendell, characterized by Johnson, 67
Pierpont, Francis H., attitude of Lincoln to, 13;
supported by Johnson, 37, 224
Pinchback, P. B. S., in Louisiana politics, 269, 272
Pittsburg, Penn., soldier convention at, 101
Poland, Luke P., connection with Thomas case, 174
Pope, John, in third military district, 136;
injunction sought against, 146;
election orders, 151;
recalled, 152
Preston, William, in convention of 1868, 210
Pulaski, Tenn., place of origin of Ku-Klux, 250
Randall, Alexander W., appointed postmaster-general, 90;
accompanies Johnson to the West, 102
Rawlins, John A., becomes secretary of war, 232
Raymond, Henry J., views on reconstruction, 59;
vote on fourteenth amendment, 87;
in convention of 1866, 99
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