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opponents with crude and abusive language and on several occasions appeared to have had too much to drink. Ultimately, the tour was a disaster for Johnson and emboldened Congress to override him and to impeach him in 1868.
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Delegates gathered at a hastily built temporary structure that was designed to accommodate the several thousand people expected to attend. Formally called "the Wigwam," the immense edifice was on
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policies. Some hoped to create a new political party, but that goal was not realized. For their part, Republican-aligned newspapers called it the
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argued against it as "we did not come here to commit suicide" and that passing the resolution would have them "damned to all eternity".
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About 7000 prominent politicians and activists attended the convention. At its opening, representatives from Massachusetts (General
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In the end, the convention was not successful in unifying the country behind Johnson. He launched a speaking tour (known as the "
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Address to President, by Hon. Reverdy Johnson, Aug. 18, 1866, communicating proceedings National Union Convention
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Meeting of the National Union Convention at Philadelphia, August 14, 1866—Sketched by C. H. Wells (
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The proceedings of the National union convention, held at Philadelphia, August 14, 1866
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The convention voted on a resolution supporting black suffrage. Governor
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Notable attendees of the National Union Convention include:
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entered into the record of Johnson's impeachment trial.
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served as the temporary chairman and Wisconsin Senator
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Wagstaff, Thomas (1968). "The Arm-in-Arm Convention".
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National Union Convention

Harper's Weekly
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
midterm elections
1866
US President
Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
Reconstruction
Girard Avenue
Girard College
Arthur I. Boreman
Frederick Douglass
Oliver P. Morton
Darius Nash Couch
James Lawrence Orr
Alexander Randall
John Adams Dix
James R. Doolittle
Swing Around the Circle
Republican
Augustus C. Baldwin
Michigan
John Minor Botts
Virginia
Augustus Brandegee
Connecticut
George Briggs

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