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Following two unsuccessful bids for Congress in the 1858 midterms and in 1860,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8681 Candidate - John Alexander Logan]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> Logan was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Illinois' at-large congressional district in the 1866 midterms by sixteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=634056 IL At-Large Race - Nov 06, 1866]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected in 1868<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=629386 IL At-Large Race - Nov 03, 1868]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> and 1870,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=629384 IL At-Large Race - Nov 08, 1870]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> with considerably narrower victory margins of 11% and 8% respectively.

Following two unsuccessful bids for Congress in the 1858 midterms and in 1860,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8681 Candidate - John Alexander Logan]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> Logan was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Illinois' at-large congressional district in the 1866 midterms by sixteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=634056 IL At-Large Race - Nov 06, 1866]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected in 1868<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=629386 IL At-Large Race - Nov 03, 1868]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> and 1870,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=629384 IL At-Large Race - Nov 08, 1870]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 25, 2021.</ref> with considerably narrower victory margins of 11% and 8% respectively.

In the House, Logan emerged as an avid ally of Radical Republicans, frequently being quick to denounce Democrats as traitorous Confederates and [[Copperheads]] who dragged the nation into misery;<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', pp. 9–10.</ref> this tactic was known as "waving the bloody shirt." Logan furthermore stated on voting rights for blacks:

In the House, Logan emerged as an avid ally of Radical Republicans, frequently being quick to denounce Democrats as traitorous Confederates and [[Copperheads]] who dragged the nation into misery;<ref name=p.9-10>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', pp. 9–10.</ref> this tactic was known as "waving the bloody shirt." Logan furthermore stated on voting rights for blacks:<ref name=p.9-10/>

{{cquote|Now I want some Democrat to give a reason why the Negro should not vote. I have read their speeches, and all they say is, "we don't want the n***** to vote" and turn up their noses as they say it. A gentleman from Congress from your state says the Negro does not belong to the human species. But they are are made the same as you and I; but they are black—that is all the difference. If they were not made by the hand of God, I would like to know by whom they were made... If you won't allow a man to vote because he has black skin, you have the right to say that I shall not vote because I have black hair. I don't care whether a man is black, red, blue, or white.|||Logan}}

{{cquote|Now I want some Democrat to give a reason why the Negro should not vote. I have read their speeches, and all they say is, "we don't want the n***** to vote" and turn up their noses as they say it. A gentleman from Congress from your state says the Negro does not belong to the human species. But they are are made the same as you and I; but they are black—that is all the difference. If they were not made by the hand of God, I would like to know by whom they were made... If you won't allow a man to vote because he has black skin, you have the right to say that I shall not vote because I have black hair. I don't care whether a man is black, red, blue, or white.|||Logan}}