Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index.
Contents
Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist -- Defender of the republic and the Constitution -- Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration -- Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis -- After the war: Republican adversary -- Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader -- Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring -- A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863 -- Democratic champion, 1864 -- Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate -- Conclusions.