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===Howe joins Radical Republican ranks===

===Howe joins Radical Republican ranks===

{{cquote|"I wish the president [would] tell the rebels that he can only grant pardons, that only Congress can admit states, that Congress is not in Session & won't be until December---and that he must keep the peace meantime."||||Howe, 1865<ref name=pp95-96>''Timothy O. Howe, Stalwart Republican'', pp. 95–96.</ref>}}

{{cquote|"I wish the president [would] tell the rebels that he can only grant pardons, that only Congress can admit states, that Congress is not in Session & won't be until December—and that he must keep the peace meantime."||||Howe, 1865<ref name=pp95-96>''Timothy O. Howe, Stalwart Republican'', pp. 95–96.</ref>}}

Despite his vigorous defense of the Lincoln Administration, Howe became disillusioned with its moderate approach. He decried of "this dawdling war... this limping policy," in reference to President Lincoln's policies.<ref name=p94/> State Republican boss Elisha Keyes remarked on his fierce contempt of Lincoln, whose 1864 reelection Howe gave mere lukewarm support for.<ref name=pp95-96/> Instead, he focused his political energy in stumping for the election of his friend Philetus Sawyer to the U.S. House.

Despite his vigorous defense of the Lincoln Administration, Howe became disillusioned with its moderate approach. He decried of "this dawdling war... this limping policy," in reference to President Lincoln's policies.<ref name=p94/> State Republican boss Elisha Keyes remarked on his fierce contempt of Lincoln, whose 1864 reelection Howe gave mere lukewarm support for.<ref name=pp95-96/> Instead, he focused his political energy in stumping for the election of his friend Philetus Sawyer to the U.S. House.