Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln ultimately stated that southern states had never left the Union, indicating his commitment to preserving the Union and not punishing the South. He was not a Radical Republican and did not support the Wade-Davis Bill, which would have required a majority of voters in the seceded states to take an oath of allegiance before being readmitted to the Union. While Lincoln did expand presidential authority during the Civil War, he did not wish to reduce it in the postwar period.