Senator Charles Sumner from Massachusetts lead the Radical Republicans, and spearheaded the effort to remove President Andrew Johnson from office.
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Although he ran for President as a radical, Andrew Johnson\'s policies were not favorable to the Radical Republican\'s agenda. The Radical Republicans did not respond favorably to Andrew Johnson\'s policies and they were a vote short from impeaching him.
Andrew Johnson
The radical Republicans, led by Thaddeus Stephens.
They blamed the problem on Andrew Johnson's reconstructruction policies.
They blamed the problem on Andrew Johnson's reconstructruction policies.
Although he ran for President as a radical, Andrew Johnson\'s policies were not favorable to the Radical Republican\'s agenda. The Radical Republicans did not respond favorably to Andrew Johnson\'s policies and they were a vote short from impeaching him.
The Radical Republicans viewed Andrew Johnson as a Southern sympathizer because he wanted to bring the states that seceded prior to the Civil War back into the Union immediately and unconditionally. The Republicans saw this as a potential threat to Reconstruction.
The Radical Republicans viewed Andrew Johnson as a Southern sympathizer because he wanted to bring the states that seceded prior to the Civil War back into the Union immediately and unconditionally. The Republicans saw this as a potential threat to Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson, because he vetoed bills passed by radical Republicans during the Reconstruction Era.
This first step towards the Reconstruction period, the President Johnson Proclamation of Amnesty, was deemed as too generous for Radical Republicans. The Amnesty pardoned most Confederates and remitting confiscated lands.
They blamed the problem on Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies