18 h 39 min, 2 juill. 1864 ans - Congress passed a much stricter plan for reconstruction called the Wade- Davis Bill.
50% of voters would have to sign loyalty oath before a state could return to Union.
And anyone who had voluntarily fought for the Confederacy would be barred from voting
for delegates to a convention to write a new state constitution. It did not give them the right
to vote. It never became law because Lincoln refused to sign it.