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The Battle for Reconstruction
55 newly elected congressional representatives and 20 senators arrived in washington dc from the south each ready to claim the seats their predecessors had vacated. House clerk edward mcfearson called the role he admitted the names of the former confederacy The republican caucus had instructed mCFearson to reject them He was overruled by president Andrew johnson In refusing to seat the southern delegates Congressional republicans defied president johnson who had announced his hopes that the lawmakers would be allowed to take their seats Bringing their states back into the union and bringing reconstruction to a swift end But many congressional republicans were convinced that he was too early to let southern states govern themselves Recent elections had returned former rebels to power across
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