The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

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I have no answer for this, but I'm throwing in a hypothetical question here for y'all to Monday-morning-quarterback your thoughts:

We know that Andrew Johnson's nomination for Vice President was strictly a political ploy at a crucial time in U.S. history. A strategy that the Republicans thought would work, but one that would backfire. If you were in a position of power within the Republican Party in 1864, whom would you have placed on the ballot with Lincoln (especially if you could have predicted the assassination of the President)? Retain Hannibal Hamlin? Bring in someone else who could deal with the "team of rivals" (assuming Lincoln lived) in the Cabinet? Your thoughts?