Hannibal Hamlin

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(06-24-2018 05:29 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  I wonder though to what degree Reconstruction would have swung the case against Hamlin. I can see that Lincoln would have had it (Reconstruction itself) uppermost in his mind, but the position of VP was (as I understand it) even less of a 'hands-on' executive post than it is now.
I of course have no idea of Schuyler Colfax (1869-73) involvement in Reconstruction, VP under Grant.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27787397?se...b_contents This site won't let me cut and paste the intro to this 1943 article on Schuyler Colfax. It is short and sweet, however, and gives you the basic idea (at that time) as to his role in Reconstruction. As for him as VP under Grant, I suspect you would have to cut through the other scandals of that administration to see what his role was in Reconstruction.