Santa Rosa Press Democrat3h
Close calls, mass murder and fireworks: Petaluma’s very big year
In November of 1876, the United States witnessed the closest presidential election in history. Rutherford B. Hayes was the ...
Business Insider8y
The bizarre story of the 1876 presidential election
In the 19th century, a losing presidential candidate actually won the popular vote by a larger margin than Hillary Clinton, triggering an unprecedented political phenomenon. Follow BI Video ...
The American Conservative4y
Think the 2020 Election Was Uniquely Dysfunctional? Think Again
As for 1876, that election is similar to the 2020 ... The fact that courts were the driving force in the last two disputed presidential elections has more to do with the litigious era in which ...
The American Conservative6y
The 19th-Century Election That Predicted the Mueller Mess
That describes the aftermath of the 1876 presidential election, which, similar to the outcome of the 2016 contest, was never quite accepted by a large portion of the public. As I detail in my book ...
Moviefone1y
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
The most hotly contested presidential election in U.S. history did not take place in 2020, or even 2000. It took place 11 years after the Civil War and ended in a backroom deal with devastating ...
The Spokesman-Review1mon
Our Shrinking Presidential Mandate: The decline of the victory
When we talk about close elections in terms of popular vote, please keep in mind: Four times in U.S. history — 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016 — the candidate who lost the popular vote won in the ...