Thaddeus Stevens

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Radical Republican abolitionist human lawyer politician

Thaddeus Stevens was a powerful Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who led efforts in the U.S. House to end slavery and impose strict Reconstruction policies on the former Confederate states.

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Thaddeus Stevens canonical	24

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Radical Republican ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1792-04-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1868-08-11 ⓘ
educatedAt	Dartmouth College ⓘ University of Vermont ⓘ
familyName	Stevens ⓘ
givenName	Thaddaeus ⓘ surface form: Thaddeus
hasCauseOfDeath	stomach problems ⓘ
honoredIn	Stevens Hall at Gettysburg College ⓘ Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
ideology	Republicanism ⓘ anti-slavery ⓘ egalitarianism ⓘ
knownFor	leading Radical Republicans in the U.S. House during the Civil War and Reconstruction ⓘ opposition to President Andrew Johnson's lenient Reconstruction policies ⓘ strong advocacy for civil and political rights for African Americans ⓘ supporting harsh Reconstruction policies toward former Confederate states ⓘ
memberOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ
movement	Radical Republicanism ⓘ abolitionism ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableWork	advocacy for confiscation of Confederate land ⓘ leadership in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ leadership in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson ⓘ role in drafting Reconstruction Acts ⓘ support for black suffrage during Reconstruction ⓘ
occupation	abolitionist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St. Johnsbury, Vermont ⓘ surface form: Danville, Vermont
placeOfBurial	Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld	Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee ⓘ Leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion	Unitarianism ⓘ
represented	Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district ⓘ Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district ⓘ Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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American abolitionist movement → notableFigure → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania → notableBurial → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district → historicallyRepresentedBy → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district → notableRepresentative → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

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Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania → namedAfter → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

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Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district → historicallyAssociatedWith → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

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Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district → historicallyAssociatedWith → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

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subject surface form: Lincoln (2012 film)

slave power controversy → hasNotableFigure → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

subject surface form: Slave Power Controversy

History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America → hasNotableFigureDiscussed → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ

American Civil War–era congressional debates → notableParticipant → Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ