The 1866 midterms were the most catastrophic midterms for any sitting president. The primary issue was the question of african citizenship. Democrats and moderate republicans opposed giving citizenship to african-americans. A faction called Radical Republicans supported black citizenship, voting rights, and wanted to redistribute land to black americans. A few radical republicans even claimed that restricting chinese immigration was un-american. President andrew johnson, a democrat ran a disastrous campaign which resulted in the radical republicans sweeping congress, and every state government. Their majority was so big they overrode all the president's vetos and impeached him once. As a result of this election, america has the 14th amendment
this is why i am republican
>>226053727How radical could they be if they won by such overwhelming margins?
