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
Stevens, Thaddeus, proposes substitute thirteenth amendment, 28;
resolution on representation, 42-44, 57;
view of Mississippi legislation, 53;
on committee on reconstruction, 57;
views of reconstruction, 58;
characterized by Johnson, 67;
view as to effect of secession, 81;
introduces bill on reconstruction, 112;
refuses to accept the Blaine amendment, 115, 116;
on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177;
views on purchase of Alaska, 300
Stewart, Alexander T., nominated for secretary of treasury, 231;
declines, 232
Stockton, John P., in convention of 1866, 99
Stoeckl, Baron, negotiates treaty for sale of Alaska, 300
Stone, John M., elected governor of Mississippi, 276
Stoughton, E. W., counsel before electoral commission, 291
Strong, William, on electoral commission, 286
Sumner, Charles, theory of reconstruction, 60, 61;
characterized by Johnson, 67;
joins liberal republicans, 264;
relations with Grant, 264, 325
Supreme Court of the United States, relation of dicta to
reconstruction, 12;
decisions, 144-146, 179, 195, 196
Swayne, Noah H., 289
Tennessee, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
in Lincoln's message, 20;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 21, 22;
Reconstruction in, 23, 25;
civil government established in, 25;
ratifies thirteenth amendment, 30;
attitude of Johnson to, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 82, 83;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267
Tenterden, Lord, at Geneva arbitration, 311
Tenure-of-Office Bill, the, introduced, 122, 123;
contents, 124, 125;
vetoed, 125;
case of Stanton, 162 _et seq._
_See_ Statutes
Terry, Alfred H., modifies Virginia vagrant act, 225, 226;
resumes military control in Georgia, 239
Texas, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
war declared ended in, 103;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
martial law in, 202;
no share in election of 1868, 212;
restored to federal relations, 229, 230;
escape from negro rule, 247-249;
election of 1872 in, 267;
change in character of government, 273
Thomas, George H., in third military district, 135;
transferred, 136
Thomas, Lorenzo, appointed to supersede Stanton, 169-173;
his position discussed before Senate, 179, 181;
law as to appointment of, 186
Thornton, Edward, negotiations at Washington, 306, 307
Thurman, Allen G., on electoral commission, 286
Tilden, Samuel J., in convention of 1866, 99;
in convention of 1868, 209;
nominated for presidency, 282;
the campaign, 283 _et seq._
Townsend, E. D., orders from Stanton, 170;
in temporary charge of war department, 192
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