<P> After the 1860 elections, moderate Republicans dominated the Congress . Radical Republicans were often critical of Lincoln, who they believed was too slow in freeing slaves and supporting their legal equality . 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). Lincoln appointed many Radical Republicans, such as journalist James Shepherd Pike, to key diplomatic positions . Angry with Lincoln, in 1864 some Radicals briefly formed a political party called the Radical Democracy Party, with John C. Frémont as their candidate for president, until Frémont withdrew . An important Republican opponent of the Radical Republicans was Henry Jarvis Raymond . Raymond was both editor of The New York Times and also a chairman of the Republican National Committee . In Congress, the most influential Radical Republicans were U.S. Senator Charles Sumner and U.S. Representative Thaddeus Stevens . They led the call for a war that would end slavery . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln's terms for reuniting the United States during Reconstruction (1863), which they viewed as too lenient . They proposed an "ironclad oath" that would prevent anyone who supported the Confederacy from voting in Southern elections, but Lincoln blocked it and once Radicals passed the Wade - Davis Bill in 1864, Lincoln vetoed it . The Radicals demanded a more aggressive prosecution of the war, a faster end to slavery and total destruction of the Confederacy . After the war, the Radicals controlled the Joint Committee on Reconstruction . </P>

What three groups made up the republican party after the war