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Lincoln was a moderate-- certainly not a radical. He was not an abolitionist and he believed in the union and the Constitution. After the war began, he issued his Emancipation Proclamation which was pretty radical, but it only applied to the states that were in rebellion.

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The radicals frequently concluded that Lincoln was a prisoner of the conservative wing of the party, whereas conservatives complained that Lincoln was too close tot he Radicals. But Lincoln's cautious reserve had the dual benefit of leaving open his lines of communication with both wings of the party and fragmenting his opposition.

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No. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig, then a Republican, and finally a member of the National Union party.
Abe Lincoln was a War Democrat, a joined group of Democrats and Republicans.

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