Andrew Johnson , who was from Tennessee ,was the President during the beginning of Reconstruction.
Lincoln until his death in April 1864 and then Johnson. Hays ended reconstruction to get the presidency and that resulted in Jim Crow laws and discrimination for a 100 years.
He was president during the early part of reconstruction.
The US President's inauguration in 1877 that is generally used to mark the end of Reconstruction is Rutherford B. Hayes. His inauguration signaled the end of federal military presence in the South, leading to a withdrawal of federal support for Reconstruction efforts and the beginning of a period of racial segregation and discrimination known as the Jim Crow era.
President Abraham Lincoln
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was introduced by President Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was impeached during reconstruction era.
Rutherford Hayes oversaw the end of the Reconstruction Era.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president and became president when President Lincoln was killed. Johnson was the president during the first four years of reconstruction. US Grant presided over the next eight years.
U. S. Grant was the President from March 4,1869 to March 4, 1877 which included most of the Reconstruction period.
President Lincoln actually thought he should be responsible for reconstruction. President Lincoln did this because people left the union so the president could pardon them back in.
After the death of President Lincoln, the then Vice-President Andrew Johnson became President. He decided to not follow Lincoln's plan of reconstruction of the South, opting to create his own.