being a politician, did he have any contribution in reconstruction?
He voiced opposition to the majority party's plans for reconstructing the South.
Thomas F. Bayard
Although his protests were to little effect, Bayard continued to voice opposition to the majority party's plans for reconstructing the South.
who was thomas f. bayard? An American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware which institution did he study law from? He read law at his father's office
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Thomas F. Bayard [SEP] Reaction to Reconstruction
Bayard also inveighed against the continued presence of federal troops in the South. He spoke against each of the three Enforcement Acts, which increased the federal government's power to protect black Southerners' civil and political rights in the face of rising violence by the Ku Klux Klan and other groups. Although his protests were to little effect, Bayard continued to voice opposition to the majority party's plans for reconstructing the South. In 1871, he was named to a joint committee sent by Congress to investigate conditions in the South. The committee, like the Congress, had a Republican majority, and their report detailed many of the Klan's outrages against the newly freed slaves.