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In OTL, the Wade-Davis Bill passed both houses of Congress but Lincoln pocket vetoed it. This Bill would have called for much harsher Reconstruction from the beginning.

What if Lincoln had been assassinated before the pocket vetoed went into full effect, giving Hamlin, a Radical Republican, the chance to sign the Wade-Davis Bill into law?

How does this impact Hamlin’s presidency? How does Lincoln’s assassination impact Hamlin’s chance at being elected to a full term? How does Hamlin conduct the war effort? How would Reconstruction go with the Wade-Davis Bill and President Hamlin?
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