They Also Ran: The Story of the Men who Were Defeated for the Presidency |
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The Tilden fiasco of 1876 provides the only major case in American history where
the tradition that the majority must rule broke down. Frequently the elections have
been corrupted by an unconscionable use of money; sometimes they have ...
The Tilden fiasco of 1876 provides the only major case in American history where
the tradition that the majority must rule broke down. Frequently the elections have
been corrupted by an unconscionable use of money; sometimes they have ...
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The Democrats of the country wanted no part of Tilden's reserve : they staged
victory parades, fired victory salutes, sang of their quarter-million majority. The
more hotheaded ones among them began talking of fighting with their bullets if
their ...
The Democrats of the country wanted no part of Tilden's reserve : they staged
victory parades, fired victory salutes, sang of their quarter-million majority. The
more hotheaded ones among them began talking of fighting with their bullets if
their ...
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This gave the Republicans new ammunition, for La Follette's real aim was
alleged to be the securing of enough electoral votes to keep either the
Republicans or the Democrats from gaining a majority, thus throwing the election
into the ...
This gave the Republicans new ammunition, for La Follette's real aim was
alleged to be the securing of enough electoral votes to keep either the
Republicans or the Democrats from gaining a majority, thus throwing the election
into the ...
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用戶評語 - Chris_El - LibraryThingVery interesting looking at the other people that ran for the highest office in America. It is also interesting thinking about what would have been different had they won. We would live in a very different country today had some of the races gone the other way. 閱讀評論全文
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用戶評語 - ElijahBailey - LibraryThingProbably my favorite history, despite bias correctly noted by antiquary. Of note: The 1966 edition contains perspective on presidents since the original publication. While these are very limited ... 閱讀評論全文
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