Editing Radical Republicans (section)

===Opposing Johnson===
After [[Lincoln's assassination]], [[War Democrat]] [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] became president. Although he appeared at first to be a Radical,<ref>Senator Chandler, a Radical leader, said the new president was "as radical as I am"; Blackburn (1969), p. 113; also McKitrick, ''Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction'' (1961) p. 60.</ref> he broke with them and the Radicals and Johnson became embroiled in a bitter struggle. Johnson proved a poor politician and his allies lost heavily in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1866|1866 elections in the North]]. The Radicals now had full control of Congress and could override Johnson's vetoes.