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Radical Republicans

The Radical Republicans were a political faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854—some six years before the Civil War—until the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction. They called themselves "Radicals" because of their determinations to facilitate the rapid, complete, and permanent eradication o…

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Founded
1854
Dissolved
1877
Ideology
Radicalism Abolitionism Reconstruction Unconditional unionism Developmentalism Free labor
Leader(s)
• John C. Frémont • Benjamin Wade • Benjamin Butler • Henry Winter Davis • Charles Sumner • Thaddeus Stevens • Hannibal Hamlin • Ulysses S. Grant • Schuyler Colfax
National affiliation
Republican Party
Succeeded by
Stalwarts

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Radical coalition

Wartime

Reconstruction policy

Reconstruction of the South

End of Reconstruction

Historiography

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related to Secondary sources · 178
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related to Notable people · 145
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related to Primary sources · 46
Radical Republicans → America During, Atlantic Monthly September, Beverly Wilson, Blaine, By Republican Congressional, Charles Sumner, Congress, Congressional, Documentary History, Educational, Edward McPherson, From Lincoln, Garfield, Harold, Harper's Weekly, History, Holly Byers Ochoa, How, Industrial, James
related to Historiography · 38
Radical Republicans → Abraham Lincoln, According, Andrew Johnson, Beale, Burgess, Civil War, Columbia University, Confederacy, Confederate, Congress, Democrats, DuBois, Dunning School, Dunning-oriented, For, Harry Williams, Hesseltine, Howard, In, John
related to Historiography and memory · 38
Radical Republicans → Allan, American History, An Historiographical Essay, Bogue, Bruno, Cecily, Civil War, Historians, Jack, Journal, JSTOR, June, Karma Nabulsi, Keith, LeeAnna, Leipold, Louisiana History, March, Meaning, November
related to Wartime · 31
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related to Reconstruction of the South · 22
Radical Republicans → African Americans United States, Andrew Johnson, Civil Rights Act, Confederate, Congress, Constitution, Equal Protection Clause, Federal, Following Lincoln's, Freedmen, In, Johnson's, South, Stevens, Sumner, The Civil Rights Act, The Fourteenth Amendment, The Radicals, They, This
related to Opposing Lincoln · 14
Radical Republicans → After, Confederacy, Davis Bill, Joint Committee, Lincoln, Lincoln's, Radicals, Reconstruction, Southern, The Radical Republicans, The Radicals, They, United States, Wade
Dissolved · 1
Radical Republicans → 1877
Founded · 1
Radical Republicans → 1854

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Radical RepublicansLeader(s)• John C. Frémont • Benjamin Wade • Benjamin Butler • Henry Winter Davis • Charles Sumner • Thaddeus Stevens • Hannibal Hamlin • Ulysses S. Grant • Schuyler Colfax1.00infobox
Radical RepublicansNational affiliationRepublican Party1.00infobox
Radical RepublicansSucceeded byStalwarts1.00infobox
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyIn0.60section
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyCivil War0.60section
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyReconstruction0.60section
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyThe0.60section
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyRadical Republican0.60section
Radical Republicansrelated to HistoriographyDunning School0.60section

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