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The Radical Republicans were not unified on ideological issues aside from their advocacy of harsher Reconstruction policies to ensure and safeguard the constitutional rights of blacks. Indeed, Allison broke from the factions' more staunchly conservative members in maintaining a moderate stance on tariff policy.<ref name=bio/> However, he strongly represented railroad interests, on which he was accused of conflicts of interests.
The Radical Republicans were not unified on ideological issues aside from their advocacy of harsher Reconstruction policies to ensure and safeguard the constitutional rights of blacks. Indeed, Allison broke from the factions' more staunchly conservative members in maintaining a moderate stance on tariff policy.<ref name=bio/> However, he strongly represented railroad interests, on which he was accused of conflicts of interests.
====Allison and Grimes split over Johnson impeachment====
President [[Andrew Johnson]], a [[Tennessee]] Democrat who assumed the presidency following the assassination of Lincoln, angered congressional Republicans by pushing for lenient Reconstruction policies. After violating the Tenure of Office Act, an impeachment resolution was spearheaded by Radical Republicans against him.
Allison, who at the time did not own a house of his own, roomed with Sen. James W. Grimes.<ref name=bio/> A major difference between the two emerged when Allison voted to impeach Johnson while Grimes in the Senate opposed conviction. Despite such, the relationship between the two did not sever.<ref name=bio/>
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