I am currently reading a biography on Secretary of War Stanton. He continued to serve for a while after Linclon died. I am in the middle of reading about his involvement in reconstruction. What a political mess. It would have gone much better with Lincoln running things. Lincoln had planned for it, he had four years experience as president, a better negotiator, and was just an all around better person than Johnson.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?