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Wade-Davis Bill (1864), unsuccessful attempt by Radical Republicans and others in the U.S. congress to set Reconstruction policy before the end of the Civil War. The bill provided for the appointment of provisional military governors in the seceded states.
The Wade–Davis Bill of 1864 (H.R. 244) was a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government," proposed for the Reconstruction of the South.
Aug 3, 2021 · The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states, as opposed to Lincoln’s proposed 10%, must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification. Along with the loyalty pledge, the Bill would abolish slavery within the rebel states.
May 10, 2022 · After Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865, however, Congress had the upper hand in shaping federal policy toward the defeated South and imposed the harsher reconstruction requirements first advocated in the Wade-Davis Bill.
Jan 12, 2024 · The Wade-Davis Bill was an attempt to impose harsh Reconstruction terms on the South. It was co-authored by Ohio Senator Benjamin Wade and Maryland Congressman Henry Winter Davis in 1864. The bill was pocket vetoed by President Lincoln.
Led by the Radical Republicans in the House and Senate, Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill on July 2, 1864—co-sponsored by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Davis of Maryland—to provide for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.
Feb 10, 2019 · The Wade-Davis Bill was the Radical Republicans answer to Lincoln's Reconstruction plan. It was written by Senator Benjamin Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis. They felt that Lincoln's plan was not strict enough against those who seceded from the Union.
