Lincoln used a pocket veto to kill the bill so he could continue his plan.
Explanation:
The Wade-Davis Bill go in the House of Representatives on May 4, 1864, by a vote of 73 to 49. It kept on prevailing in the Senate on July 2, 1864, by a vote of 18 to 14. Be that as it may, Lincoln pocket vetoed the proposition; he slowed down marking the bill until Congress deferred for the session, hence keeping the bill from getting to become law. Lincoln said he that wasn't prepared “to be inflexibly committed to any single plan of restoration.”
