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Following Lincoln's assassination, Wade initially was optimistic about the former's successor Andrew Johnson, though soon would similarly wage fierce opposition.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> As the leader of the Senate, he was next in succession to the presidency immediately after Johnson, and this significantly impacted the Senate impeachment trial of Johnson. The racist Tennessee Democrat's Senate acquittal was in part attributed to several Republicans' distaste for Wade, knowing that he would become president if Johnson were removed from office.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> Congressman John R. Lynch commented:<ref name=battlefieldtrust/>

Following Lincoln's assassination, Wade initially was optimistic about the former's successor Andrew Johnson, though soon would similarly wage fierce opposition.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> As the leader of the Senate, he was next in succession to the presidency immediately after Johnson, and this significantly impacted the Senate impeachment trial of Johnson. The racist Tennessee Democrat's Senate acquittal was in part attributed to several Republicans' distaste for Wade, knowing that he would become president if Johnson were removed from office.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> Congressman John R. Lynch commented:<ref name=battlefieldtrust/>

{{cquote|...some of [Wade's] senatorial Republican associates should feel that the best service they could render their country would be to do all in their power to prevent such a man from being elevated to the Presidency.|||U.S. representative John Roy Lynch of Mississippi's 6th congressional district}}

{{cquote|...some of [Wade's] senatorial Republican associates should feel that the best service they could render their country would be to do all in their power to prevent such a man from being elevated to the Presidency.|||U.S. representative John Roy Lynch of Mississippi's 6th congressional district}}

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