The Republican Party is usually associated with the Civil War caused by the election of the republican Abraham Lincoln suggesting that Lincoln was a radical abolitionist. In fact, Lincoln was a moderate figure in the Republican Party in those days. In the election of 1864, radical republicans like Benjamin F. Wade, Henry W. Davis, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and Edwin M. Stanton were more in favor of a punitive policy towards the South. The moderate republicans under Lincoln were, however, inclined to leniency. The moderate republicans gained the upper hand in the party after the assassination of Lincoln when his successor Andrew Johnson implemented a moderate program of reconstruction.

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