Sponsored by a Maryland representative and the Senator who would have been President had Andrew Johnson been removed, Abraham Lincoln called it "one very proper plan" and pledged assistance to any state wishing to adopt it. Nonetheless it earned a pocket veto, for while it agreed with Lincoln's plan in placing power in the hands of Unionists and not treating the seceded states as territories, he feared its requirement of a loyalty oath from a majority of citizens would t
Sponsored by a Maryland representative and the Senator who would have been President had Andrew Johnson been removed, Abraham Lincoln called it "one very proper plan" and pledged assistance to any state wishing to adopt it. Nonetheless it earned a pocket veto, for while it agreed with Lincoln's plan in placing power in the hands of Unionists and not treating the seceded states as territories, he feared its requirement of a loyalty oath from a majority of citizens would threaten existing governments in Louisiana and Arkansas. FTP, name this Reconstruction plan, passed in July 1864, which also required states to abolish slavery before readmission.
Sponsored by a Maryland representative and the Senator who would have been President had Andrew Johnson been removed, Abraham Lincoln called it "one very proper plan" and pledged assistance to any state wishing to adopt it.
Wade-Davis Bill