He forced members of his cabinet to defend his actions to the Senate and effectively damaged the credibility of Chase, who submitted his resignation. The Republicans had been prodded by complaints of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase, but President Lincoln manipulated the situation to his advantage. On one occasion in December 1862, Senate Republican leaders descended on the White House to urge a cabinet shakeup and the dismissal of Secretary of State William H. Presidential aide John Hay called them the “Jacobins.” They were persistent critics of the conduct of the war and particularly the conduct of Democratic generals like George McClellan. The leaders of the group were Senators Benjamin Wade, its Chairman, Zachariah Chandler and Lyman Trumbull. Most prominent among these were members of the Committee on the Conduct of War in which Radical Republicans were prominent. Other congressional visitors were concerned with the progress of the war. So far as I understand, it is unprecedented, send an officer into a state against the wishes of the members of the congress of the State, and of the same party.” Of course I could have done it but it would have been against the united, earnest, and I add, angry protest of the Republican delegation of Minnesota, in which state the office is located. Luce the appointment you desired for him. Lincoln replied: “I was nearly as sorry as you can be about not being able to give Mr. DuBois, an old friend and colleague from Illinois who pestered the President for an Indian affairs job for his son-in-law. Early in his presidency, he was beset by Jesse K. His own disappointments with presidential patronage in the late 1840s may have affected his careful attention to the distribution of federal jobs. Congressmen George Julian recalled that President Lincoln was assailed by an “army of place-seekers.” The President had to balance the interests of different party factions in order to maintain the delicate balance of power within the Republican Party. President Lincoln paid special attention to the patronage requests of members of Congress.
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