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Following the 1868 results, Logan returned to [[Washington, D.C.]] for the lame duck session before Grant would take office.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 33–34.</ref> During the Grant presidency, he opposed efforts to enact civil service reform, railing against a bill introduced by fellow Republican Thomas Jenckes of [[Rhode Island]] to enact such as being:
Following the 1868 results, Logan returned to [[Washington, D.C.]] for the lame duck session before Grant would take office.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 33–34.</ref> During the Grant presidency, he opposed efforts to enact civil service reform, railing against a bill introduced by fellow Republican Thomas Jenckes of [[Rhode Island]] to enact such as being:
{{cquote|...bad in theory, wrong in principle, opposed to the genius and spirit of our institutions and our people, and probably unconstitutional.|||Logan}}
{{cquote|...bad in theory, wrong in principle, opposed to the genius and spirit of our institutions and our people, and probably unconstitutional.|||Logan}}
====Feud between Wade and Butler===
Sen. Wade on one occasion as president pro tempore was criticized for the manner in which he counted presidential electoral votes, and was faced with an introduced censure resolution by Rep. Butler.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 34.</ref> Logan, who was angry at Butler, outspokenly defended Wade and lauded his public service as:
{{cquote|...the vanguard of liberty and freedom.|||Logan}}
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