Which of the following was one of the leaders of congressional reconstruction? edwin m. stanton rutherford b. hayes thaddeus stevens ignatius donnely

From that list, one of the leaders of Congressional Reconstruction was C. Thaddeus Stevens. Stevens was a member of the Radical Republicans who sought harsh punishments and a great deal of oversight when dealing with the Southern states as they re-entered the Union following the Civil War as opposed to President Andrew Johnson's more lenient standards under the earlier form of Presidential Reconstruction.