Talk:1866 National Union Convention

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I fear I may have conflated two events--there may have been separate conventions in Philadelphia for pro-Johnson and anti-Johnson factions in the summer of 1866. I haven't been able to find a good summary of the situation--only passing references here and there--usually only in the form of so and so was a delegate to either the National Union Convention or the Loyalist Convention of 1866 in Philadelphia. I'm going to leave it as is for now, but also wanted to leave a note for anyone who might have more knowledge about this. older≠wiser 19:29, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Conflation

The evident author of this entry has a separate statement that he/she fears he/she has conflated two events -- as indeed he/she has. There was a second convention in Philadelphia in the first week of September, 1866, which was attended by "Southern Loyalists," who supported the Radicals against president Johnson. That was a group that completely opposed the folks at the national Union Convention in August. The list of attendees in this article seems to have people from both events. I have deleted Ben Wade of Ohio and Frederick Douglass from this list, because they were definitely not at this Convention in August; I suspect there are other names that are listed there incorrectly.

David Stewart. 69.251.180.24 18:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unref tag

I have added the unreferenced tag due to the above noted comments about the blending of two separte conventions. I know nothing of US politics or political history, so I can not even begin to address the issue, but it does need some attention. Thanks.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 00:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]