They were both trying to follow their own party's platform.
Congress
Grant
the president had overstepped his powers
when Congress and the President cannot agree on temporary funding
Congress and the president disagreed about who had authority to devise a plan of reconstruction.
no one was against the president during reconstruction but the south was against some of the laws that he made during that time
how did president johnson and congress change the reconstruction plan during lincoln's death?
confine himself to enforcing laws passed by congress
Outlawing the Black Codes.
The failure to impeach Andrew Johnson showed that Congress cannot remove the president due to policy disagreements. This would give Congress toomuch power. - Andrew
They did not share the same goals on reconstruction
In December of 1863, President Lincoln addressed the US Congress concerning his policy on Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. He believed this policy was a sound one for the reunification of the US after the war was over.