Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, also called Napoleon III, was the 1st President of the Second French Republic and later Emperor of the French of the Second French Empire. He was nephew and heir to Napoleon Bonaparte. He was the first French president elected by direct vote. However, he was barred from competing for a second term by the constitution and parliament, organizing a coup in 1851 and assuming the throne as emperor by the end of the following year.
It was "C Presidents Lincoln and Johnson" who wanted Reconstruction policy to be the most forgiving of the former Confederate states, since they wanted the nation to heal as quickly as possible.
