1866

Beginning With An Account Of PresidenTial Reconstruction Under Lincoln And Johnson And The Growing Opposition To JohnsonS Policies Riddleberger Moves To A Discussion Of The Thirty-Ninth ConGress In December 1865 And The DeciSion Of That Body To Challenge JohnsonS Program In Order To Share InIf Not DominateThe Process Of ReconstrucTion. The Election Of 1866 Possibly The Most Important Nonpresidential Election In Our History Brought Overwhelming Defeat For The Johnson Forces And Cleared The Way For Congressional Reconstruction Of 1867.Written For Both The Specialist And The General Reader In Reconstruction HisTory RiddlebergerS Clear Narrative Of National Politics In 1866 And His SyntheSis And Criticism Of BealeS Work And The Works Of Revisionist Historians Make This Book A Solid Contribution To The IncreasIngly Sympathetic Reappraisal Of The Presidency Of Andrew Johnson.