Grant's messages on relations with, 304-306 ;
the Geneva arbitration, 307-318 ;
the British Columbia boundary, 319 ;
the fisheries question, 320-322
Greeley, Horace, in convention of 1866, 100 ;
joins liberal republicans, 264 ;
nominated for presidency, 265 , 266 ;
defeated, 267
Green, Ashbel, counsel before electoral commission, 291
Grey and Ripon, Earl de, on Joint High Commission, 307
Grider, Henry, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57
Grimes, James W., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57 ;
view of the Stanton case, 189 ;
vote on impeachment, 191
Groesbeck, William S., counsel for Johnson, 177
Habeas Corpus, writ of, privileges suspended in District of Columbia, 39
Hahn, Michael, elected to House of Representatives, 14 ;
elected Governor of Louisiana, 14
Halifax, N. S., fisheries commission at, 320 , 321
Hamlin, Hannibal, count of electoral votes, 24
Hampton, Wade, in convention of 1868, 211 ;
becomes governor of South Carolina, 296
Hancock, Winfield Scott, supersedes Sheridan, 143 ;
in convention of 1868, 210
Harlan, James, resignation, 90 , 142
Harris, Ira, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57
Hawley, Joseph R., in republican convention of 1866, 207
Hayes, Rutherford B., significance of his election, 279 ;
nominated for presidency, 281 , 282 ;
the campaign, 283 et seq.;
election formally declared, 294 ;
policy toward the South, 295 , 296
Henderson, John B., introduces amendment abolishing slavery, 26 , 27 ;
vote on impeachment, 191
Hendricks, Thomas A., candidate for presidential nomination, 210 ;
nominated for vice-presidency, 282
Herron, Francis J., in Louisiana politics, 269 , 270
Higby, William, views on purchase of Alaska, 300
Hill, Benjamin H., enters Senate from Georgia, 244
Hoadly, George, joins liberal republicans, 264 ;
counsel before electoral commission, 291
Hoar, Ebenezer R., becomes attorney-general, 231 ;
on Joint High Commission, 307
Hoar, George F., on electoral commission, 286
Hood, John B., near Nashville, 23
House of Representatives of the United States, admits members from Louisiana, 14 ;
refuses seats to members from Arkansas, 15 ;
action on thirteenth amendment, 28-30 ;
elects Colfax Speaker, 42 ;
the Stevens resolution, 42-44 ;
speech by Stevens, 58 ;
passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66 ;
passes civil rights bill, 73 ;
representation in, 74 ;
election of 1866, 98 ;
effect of election of 1866, 104 ;
attempt to impeach Johnson, 109 ;
bill on reconstruction before the, 112-118 ;
resolution on confiscation act, 122 ;
tenure-of-office bill in, 125 ;
bill on reconstructed States, 153 ;
action on dismissal of Stanton, 171 ;
proceedings of impeachment against Johnson, 173 et seq.;
passes bill repealing Tenure-of-Office Act, 232 , 233 ;
democrats secure control of, 253 , 273 ;
jurisdiction over treaties, 301 , 302 .
See Congress of the United States ; Statutes of the United States
Houston, George S., elected governor of Alabama, 273
Howard, Jacob M., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57 ;
illness delays vote on impeachment, 190
Howe, Samuel G., commissioner to Santo Domingo, 326
Hunt, Ward, 289
Hunton, Eppa, on electoral commission, 286
Illinois, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
Davis elected Senator from, 287
Indiana, election of 1886 in, 103 ;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
election of 1872 in, 267
Iowa, election of 1866 in, 103 ;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
d'Itajubá, Baron, at Geneva arbitration, 311 , 316
Jenkins, Charles J., institutes suit against Stanton, 145 ;
removed by Meade, 155
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
Kentucky, reconstruction in, 7 , 13 ;
in Lincoln's message, 20 ;
in election of 1866, 104 ;
votes for Seymour, 212 ;
election of 1872 in, 267
Kenzie, Lewis M., in convention of 1866, 100
Kernan, Francis, in convention of 1868, 209
Koontz, William H., approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177
Ku-Klux, the, 250-252 , 255 ;
act of April, 1871, 257 , 258 ;
trials, 261
Lawrence, William B., in convention of 1866, 99
Lewis, D. P., elected governor of Alabama, 268
Liberal Republicans, convention of 1872, 264 , 265 ;
in campaign of 1872, 266
Lincoln, Abraham, views and acts as to reconstruction, 8-30 ;
his proposed oath of allegiance, 10 ;
attitude to the Pierpont government, 13 ;
course toward Louisiana, 14 , 15 ;
proclamation of July 8, 1864, 18 , 19 ;
message of Dec. 6, 1864, 19 , 20 ;
renominated, 20 ;
re-elected, 21 ;
message of Feb. 8, 1865, 22 ;
views of powers of Congress, 24 ;
attitude to Brownlow's administration, 26 ;
nature of acts as to abolition, 26 ;
signs resolution on thirteenth amendment, 29 ;
assassinated, 30 ;
his cabinet retained by Johnson, 32 ;
identity of plan of reconstruction with Johnson's, 36
Lindsay, Robert B., course as governor of Alabama, 268
Logan, John A., on impeachment committee, 174 ;
impeachment manager, 175 ;
approves letter on Alta Vela claim, 177
Louisiana, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11 ;
Lincoln's acts toward, 12 ;
presidential reconstruction in, 14 , 15 ;
in Lincoln's message, 19 ;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 21 , 22 ;
attitude of Johnson to, 38 ;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55 ;
contest for control of state government, 92-98 ;
in the reconstruction bill, 112 ;
registration in, 147 ;
election in, 149 ;
disfranchisements in, 150 ;
ratifies constitution, 155 , 197 ;
act on admission of members from, 198 ;
reconstruction declared complete, 202 ;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
votes for Seymour, 212 ;
corruption in, 263 ;
contest for political control in, 269-272 ;
contested electoral vote of 1876, 283 , 289 , 290 ;
change of administration, 296
Louisville, Ky., democratic convention at, 267
Loyal League, the, 250 , 252
Luther vs. Borden, (7 Howard 1), 144
Lynch, John, in Louisiana politics, 269-272
Macdonald, John, on Joint High Commission, 307
McCardle, William H., case of, 195 , 196
McClellan, George B., nominated for presidency, 20 ;
electoral votes, 21
McClernand, John A., in Cleveland convention, 101
McCrary, George W., suggests electoral commission, 284
McEnery, John, in Louisiana politics, 270-272 ;
certificate in 1876 election, 290
Maine, election of 1866 in, 103 ;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
election of 1872 in, 267
Marvin, William, appointed governor of Florida, 37
Maryland, in Lincoln's message, 20 ;
in election of 1866, 104 ;
votes for Seymour, 212 ;
election of 1872 in, 267
Massachusetts ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
Matthews, Stanley, in convention of 1866, 100 ;
joins liberal republicans, 264 ;
counsel before electoral commission, 291
Meade, George G., supersedes Pope, 152 ;
report on Alabama election, 153 ;
removes Jenkins, 155 ;
proclamation of June, 1868, 238 , 239
Merrick, Richard T., counsel before electoral commission, 291
Michigan ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
Miller, J. N. Y., Oregon elector of 1876, 291
Miller, Samuel F., on electoral commission, 286
Miller enters Senate from Georgia, 244
Minnesota ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
Mississippi, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11 ;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22 ;
reconstruction in, 37 ;
convention in, 38 ;
rejects thirteenth amendment, 39 ;
law on vagrancy, etc., 46-52 , 62 ;
opinion of this legislation, 53 ;
in the reconstruction bill, 112 ;
Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145 ;
registration in, 147 ;
election in, 149 ;
disfranchisements in, 151 ;
constitution rejected in, 156 ;
arrest of McCardle in, 196 ;
martial law in, 202 ;
no share in election of 1868, 212 ;
ratification of constitution, 229 ;
restored to federal relations, 229 ;
negro rule in, 249 ;
political conditions in 1875, 274 , 275
Mississippi vs. Johnson (4 Wallace 475), 145 , 193 , 195
Missouri, Reconstruction in, 7 , 13 ;
in Lincoln's message, 20 ;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
liberal republicans in, 265 ;
election of 1872 in, 267
Monroe, John T., as mayor of New Orleans, 94
Montgomery, Ala., made head-quarters of third military district, 135
Moorhead, James K., approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177
Morgan, Edwin D., vote on Freedmen's Bureau bill, 67
Morrill, Justin S., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57
Morse, Alexander P., counsel before electoral commission, 291
Morton, Oliver P., in convention of 1866, 100 ;
in convention of 1876, 281 ;
on electoral commission, 286 ;
resolution on Santo Domingo, 325
Moses, F. J., connection with South Carolina corruption, 262
Moses, F. J., Jr., judge-elect of South Carolina, 274
Nashville, Tenn., convention at, 236
National Nominating Conventions, radical republican of 1864, 20 ;
democratic of 1864, 20 ;
republican of 1864, 20 ;
of 1866, 99-102 ;
republican of 1868, 207 ;
democratic of 1868, 208 ;
liberal republican of 1872, 264 , 265 ;
democratic of 1872, 266 ;
republican of 1868, 267 ;
republican of 1876, 280 , 281 ;
democratic of 1876, 282
Nebraska ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
Nelson, Samuel, on Joint High Commission, 307
Nelson, Thomas A. R., counsel for Johnson, 176
Nevada ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
New Hampshire ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
New Jersey, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
withdrawal of ratification, 203 , 205 , 206 ;
votes for Seymour, 212
New Orleans, La., convention at, 14 ;
riot at, 92-98 ;
head-quarters of fifth military district, 135
New York, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204 ;
votes for Seymour, 212
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
Reconstruction, theory of, 1-7 ;
Lincoln's views and acts as to, 8-30 ;
Seward's view of, 12 ;
in Louisiana, 14 ;
the Wade-Davis bill, 15-18 ;
relation of party conventions to, 20 ;
in Tennessee, 23 , 25 ;
Johnson's plan as to, 31-41 ;
in North Carolina, 35 ;
in the several States, 37 , 38 ;
views of House on, 43 ;
attitude of republicans, 44 ;
joint committee on, 57 ;
views of Stevens, 58 ;
views of Raymond and Shellabarger, 59 ;
theory of Sumner, 60 ;
reports of congressional committee, 84-86 ;
as an issue in the campaign of 1866, 98 ;
Johnson's defence of his policy as to, 102 ;
bill in the House, 112-114 ;
the Blaine amendment, 115 , 116 ;
the Sherman bill, 117 ;
the bill as finally passed, 118-122 ;
vetoed by Johnson, 126 ;
republican motives in, 127 ;
supplemental bill on, 129-131 ;
vetoed, 132 ;
acts on, criticised, 133 , 134 ;
application of acts on, 135-137 ;
congressional interpretation of acts on, 138 ;
bill interpreting the statutes on, 140 ;
application of statutes on, 146 et seq.;
process of, declared completed, 202 ;
attitude of Grant toward, 223 ;
end of legislation on, 244 ;
reconstruction characterized, 297 .
See Statutes
Republican party, schism threatened in, 20 ;
attitude to reconstruction, 44 ;
attitude to southern legislation, 52 , 54 ;
feeling toward southern congressmen, 56 ;
attitude to views of Stevens, Raymond and Shellabarger, 59 ;
attitude to presidential reconstruction, 60 , 61 ;
position on civil rights, 62 ;
attitude to Freedmen's Bureau bill, 89 ;
attitude to Stanton, 90 , 91 ;
in campaign of 1866, 99 , 101 ;
convention of 1866, 104 ;
in election of 1866, 104 ;
views on reconstruction, 110 , 111 ;
motives in Reconstruction, 127 ;
interpretation of Johnson's message, 160 ;
action in vote on impeachment, 191 ;
effect of McCardle case on, 197 ;
convention of 1868, 207 ;
criticism of views of, 217 ;
relations with Johnson, 219-221 ;
control of Grant, 257 ;
revolt in the party, 264 , 265 ;
convention of 1872, 267 ;
get control of Alabama legislature, 268 , 269 ;
lose control in Congress, 273 ;
financial policy, 276 ;
convention of 1876, 280 , 281 ;
campaign of 1876, 283 et seq.;
views as to powers of Congress, 292
Retribution , the, case of, 316
Rhode Island ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203 , 204
Richmond, Va., made head-quarters of first military district, 135
;
convention at, 226 , 227
Robeson, George M., becomes secretary of the navy, 232
Rogers, Andrew J., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57
Rose, John, mission of, 306
Ross, Edmund G., vote on impeachment, 191
Rousseau, Lovell H., in Cleveland convention, 101
Russia, purchase of Alaska from, 300-302
Safford, M. J., in convention of 1866, 100
St. Louis, Mo., Johnson's speech at, 102
Samana Bay, 324 , 327
Santo Domingo, Sumner's position as to, 264 ;
attempt to annex to United States, 323-327
Schaffner law, the, 249
Schell, Augustus, in convention of 1868, 209
Schenck, Robert C., in convention of 1866, 100 ;
on Joint High Commission, 307 ;
at London, 312
Schofield, John M., assigned to first military district, 135 , 226 ;
nominated as secretary of war, 190 ;
confirmed, 192 ;
retained by Grant, 231 ;
resigns, 232
Schriver, General, in Stanton-Thomas incident, 169 ,
170 , 172 , 173
Schurz, Carl, report on conditions at the South, 63 ;
in convention of 1866, 100 ;
joins liberal republicans, 264
Sclopis, Frederic, at Geneva arbitration, 311 , 316 , 317
Scott, R. K., views of Ku-Klux, etc., 259
Senate of the United States, refuses seats to members from Arkansas, 15 ;