Missing from the new Congress that assembled on July 4 were members from the seceded states, with the notable exception of Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson. Thus, the Republicans were able to dominate both chambers by substantial majorities (106–42 in the House, 31–14 in the senate). Their party was divided into Radicals, Moderates, and Conservatives, who in time would clash, but not at this special session. Congress agreed to deal with only military, financial, judicial, and naval matters and to postpone all other business till December. As Wisconsin Senator Timothy O. Howe put it, the “resolution seems to be universal to do nothing more than the special occasion demands & to do that speedily—to use few words & no palaver—to clothe the President with the utmost potentiality of this great people, and command him to see that the ‘Republic receives no detriment.’ ” Lyman Trumbull accurately predicted that “[m]en & money will be voted without stint.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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