Benjamin Wade
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 – March 2, 1878) was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time.
Had the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 succeeded, he would have assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President.
Read more about Benjamin Wade: Early Life, Civil War, Impeachment of Johnson
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