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Until the 1860s, Logan was a registered member of the [[Democratic Party]], and became a Republican out of support for the policies of the [[Radical Republicans]].<ref>Jones, John Pickett (1982). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IpkCCUxeyW8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois], p. 2–3. ''Google Books''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> He always held a disdain for the [[Confederacy]], forcefully denouncing them as traitors who instigated bloodshed and chaos.

Until the 1860s, Logan was a registered member of the [[Democratic Party]], and became a Republican out of support for the policies of the [[Radical Republicans]].<ref>Jones, John Pickett (1982). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IpkCCUxeyW8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois], p. 2–3. ''Google Books''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> He always held a disdain for the [[Confederacy]], forcefully denouncing them as traitors who instigated bloodshed and chaos.

Logan was a fierce advocate of ensuring and protecting the constitutional rights of blacks against Democrat infringements, fighting based on personal moral convictions. In spite of [[historical revisionism]] which suggests that this was merely political opportunism, Logan's vocal support for black suffrage had little to profit from.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. xi.</ref> According to his biography ''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'':

Logan was a fierce advocate of ensuring and protecting the constitutional rights of blacks against Democrat infringements, fighting based on personal moral convictions. In spite of [[historical revisionism]] which suggests that this was merely political opportunism, Logan's vocal support for black suffrage had little to profit from.<ref name=p.xi>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. xi.</ref> According to his biography ''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'':

{{cquote|In the last years of his career, no white American in elective office was more admired and none hailed more often as a staunch friend of black Americans than John A. Logan.|||Jones, p. xi}}

{{cquote|In the last years of his career, no white American in elective office was more admired and none hailed more often as a staunch friend of black Americans than John A. Logan.|||Jones, p. xi}}

In addition, Logan fought civil service reform, favoring the traditional [[spoils system]] to maintain the patronage necessary to sustain his statewide political organization in Illinois.

In addition, Logan fought civil service reform, favoring the traditional [[spoils system]] to maintain the patronage necessary to sustain his statewide political organization in Illinois.<ref name=p.xi/>

===U.S. House of Representatives===

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