Bulldozed and Betrayed : Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876 /

"In 1878 and 1879, the Potter Committee, created by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, conducted an extensive investigation into the disputed presidential election of 1876 that pitted Rutherford B. Hayes against Samuel J. Tilden. It aimed to discredit President Hayes's title...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fairclough, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House. > Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election.
Voter suppression.
Voter intimidation.
Presidents > Election.
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Elections > Corrupt practices.
Contested elections.
Corruption electorale > États-Unis (Sud)
Élections > Contestation > États-Unis.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Voter suppression > Louisiana > History.
Voter intimidation > Southern States > History.
Elections > Corrupt practices > Southern States.
Contested elections > United States.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1876.
United States.
Southern States.
Louisiana.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1869-1877.
United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bulldozers: how Democrats stole the Louisiana election
  • 2. Visiting statesmen: how Republicans stole the election back
  • 3. Bipartisan fury: seeking revenge against Rutherford B. Hayes
  • 4. The committee: James Anderson and the Sherman letter
  • 5. "No ordinary woman": Agnes Jenks Amuses and bamboozles
  • 6. "General Bulter is a rowdy": discrediting the Wormley House Agreement
  • 7. October surprise: the New York Tribune and the cipher dispatches
  • 8. The Biter bit: Samuel J. Tilden before the Potter Committee
  • Conclusion.

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