One author was a former Know-Nothing and a Maryland representative, while the other served as president pro tem of the Senate and would have succeeded Andrew Johnson to the presidency if the latter had been convicted on impeachment.
A vindictive manifesto published one month later called its failure "a studied outrage on the legislative authority of the people." Its supporters, alarmed by Nathaniel Banks's labor system that catered to former planters, proposed to ensure loyal government by enforcing the "Ironclad Oath."  One author was a former Know-Nothing and a Maryland representative, while the other served as president pro tem of the Senate and would have succeeded Andrew Johnson to the presidency if the latter had been convicted on impeachment. FTP, identify this bill pocket vetoed by Lincoln in July 1864, a Radical Republican attempt to set Reconstruction policy.
A vindictive manifesto published one month later called its failure "a studied outrage on the legislative authority of the people."
Wade-Davis Bill