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Thaddeus Stevens-
The U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania who was the creator of the 14th amendment was a big figure in the young United States. He was born in1792. His schooling was very impressive and he became known for his background in law. Mr. Stevens practiced law in Gettysburg and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was a very hard and definite person when it came to justice and he even helped defeat a bill abolishing the state's public school system and was a proponent of a protective tariff. When Stevens was in congress he was a Whig but also was totally against slavery. He was one of the leading organizers in the Republican party coming about and a very powerful figure in the American Civil War. Stevens really didn't have a lot of love for the south because Stevens in the House and Charles Sumner in the Senate were totally against President Lincoln's plan for reconstruction. In Steven's eyes, the Southern states that were won needed to be the center and treated as......

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