Johnson proved a poor politician and his allies lost heavily in the 1866 elections in the North.
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Lincoln put all factions in his cabinet, including Radicals like Salmon P. Chase (Secretary of the Treasury), whom he later appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, James Speed (Attorney General) and Edwin M. Stanton (Secretary of War).
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After the 1866 elections, the Radicals generally controlled Congress.
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Radical Republican control of Congress meant that the Army Corps of Engineers was finally allowed to take over improvements for the canal in 1867.