Wade–Davis Bill

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Reconstruction-era bill United States federal legislative proposal

The Wade–Davis Bill was a stringent Reconstruction-era proposal by Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress that sought to impose harsh conditions on former Confederate states’ readmission to the Union.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wade–Davis Bill canonical	4
Ten percent plan	1
Wade–Davis Manifesto	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reconstruction-era bill ⓘ United States federal legislative proposal ⓘ
affectedRegion	Southern United States ⓘ
aimedAt	former Confederate states ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin	United States Senate ⓘ
conditionForReadmission	abolition of slavery in state constitutions ⓘ disenfranchisement of leading Confederates ⓘ repudiation of Confederate debts ⓘ
conditionForStateGovernment	majority taking Ironclad Oath before new state constitution ⓘ
coSponsoredBy	Henry Winter Davis ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticized	Abraham Lincoln’s lenient Reconstruction policies ⓘ
datePassedCongress	1864-07-02 ⓘ
didBecomeLaw	no ⓘ
hasFullName	Guarantee of Republican Government ⓘ surface form: Bill to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government
hasPoliticalOrientation	Radical Republicanism ⓘ surface form: Radical Republican
historicalPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ
ideologicalContext	Reconstruction era ⓘ surface form: Radical Reconstruction
influencedLaterPolicy	Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ⓘ
introducedBy	Benjamin F. Wade ⓘ
introducedInYear	1864 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalPrinciple	Congressional supremacy in Reconstruction ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter	Benjamin F. Wade ⓘ Henry Winter Davis ⓘ
notableFor	harsh conditions on former Confederate states ⓘ stringent loyalty oath requirements ⓘ
oathContent	swear they had never voluntarily supported the Confederacy ⓘ
opposedPolicy	Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan ⓘ
passedChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
policyStanceOnReconstruction	Congressional control over Reconstruction ⓘ
presentedTo	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
presidentialAction	pocket veto ⓘ
primaryGoal	impose stringent requirements on Reconstruction ⓘ set conditions for readmission of seceded states to the Union ⓘ
requiredOathType	Ironclad Oath ⓘ
requiredVoterOathFraction	majority of white male citizens ⓘ more than 50 percent of white male citizens ⓘ
restrictedFranchiseFor	former Confederate civil officials ⓘ former Confederate military officers above certain rank ⓘ persons who had voluntarily borne arms against the United States ⓘ
status	failed bill ⓘ
subjectOf	debates over separation of powers during Reconstruction ⓘ
supportedBy	Radical Republicanism ⓘ surface form: Radical Republicans in Congress
triggeredDocument	Wade–Davis Bill self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wade–Davis Manifesto
vetoedBy	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
viewedAs	more stringent than Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Winter Davis → notableWork → Wade–Davis Bill ⓘ

Benjamin Wade → coAuthored → Wade–Davis Bill ⓘ

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln → significantEvent → Wade–Davis Bill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ten percent plan

Wade–Davis Bill → triggeredDocument → Wade–Davis Bill self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wade–Davis Manifesto

Nancy Morris → notableWork → Wade–Davis Bill ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Winter Davis