I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.
Benjamin Franklin Wade Quotes
I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up.
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| Birth: | 27th October, 1800 |
| Death: | 2nd March, 1887 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Lawyer, Politician |
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Benjamin Wade was a United States Senator during Civil War reconstruction known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans. Had the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 led to a conviction at trial in the Senate, he would have become the 18th President of the United States.
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