Month: November 2020
Posted in Elections
Nov. 8, 1876: White Richmonders Celebrate the Election of Tilden as President
Nerves were on edge as the balloting ended in the highly contested Election of 1876 between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden. The…
The Plan to Suppress the Black Vote in South Carolina Revealed!: Election 1876
General Martin W. Gary was a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War commanding cavalry. He had served in Hampton’s Legion and he had refused…
“A dead Radical is very harmless” How to Win the Election of 1876
The Election of 1876 is most well-known for what happened after the polls were closed. Fraudulent and delayed vote counts, rival state tallies of votes,…
Posted in Lincoln
Ted Widmer on How Lincoln Survived the Worst Election Ever
Professor Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge, has a piece in the New York Times today on Lincoln and the Election of 1860….
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