PC-article 5 convention post US civil war?

If Lincoln survived, Johnson was removed from office, or the radical Republicans simply dominated the party more thoroughly than was the case during the OTL 1860's , would an article V convention have perhaps been held?
In particular, I meant augmenting the powers of the federal government and increasing the size/scope of Congress/
thoughts?
 
I can imagine that, but timing will be tricky - Lincoln would be dead set against it, so Lincoln needs to be disgraced or marginalized rather than martyred.
 
If Lincoln survived, Johnson was removed from office, or the radical Republicans simply dominated the party more thoroughly than was the case during the OTL 1860's , would an article V convention have perhaps been held?
In particular, I meant augmenting the powers of the federal government and increasing the size/scope of Congress/
thoughts?

There was a TL here a few years ago w/the POD being Johnson being removed from office and I believe it included an Article V convention that changed the US federal government into a semi-presidential or parliamentary democracy.
 
I think that such a convention is more likely in the event of Johnson (and possibly others) also being murdered on April 14 1865,#

It could have been very interesting
 
I think that such a convention is more likely in the event of Johnson (and possibly others) also being murdered on April 14 1865,#

It could have been very interesting


What exactly would have been the point?

If the Republicans wanted Constitutional Amendments they had more than enough votes to pass them in Congress, and there's no obvious reason to suppose that a Convention would have approved any amendments that Congress wouldn't.
 
There was a TL here a few years ago w/the POD being Johnson being removed from office and I believe it included an Article V convention that changed the US federal government into a semi-presidential or parliamentary democracy.

Was "Yes Minister" by Jello_Biafra the relevant TL? I seem to recall reading of (but not through) it, in Fall 2007, a couple months after I commenced lurking here. So I neglected joining for 3 years; while not a record, I imagine it's on the far side of the curve.
 
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