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The Senate later elevated Johnson to the vice presidency in a contingent election. In 1876, when there was a contested outcome, the contingent election system was bypassed. That year, at the height of ...

To date, besides Florida in 1868, the only other instance of a state legislature choosing presidential electors without a popular election came in 1876. The overall conclusion is that the Southern ...

Jim Clyburn spoke about the 1876 presidential election at the end of his speech at the Aiken County Democratic Party Blue ...

The Senate later elevated Johnson to the vice presidency in a contingent election. In 1876, when there was a contested outcome, the contingent election system was bypassed. That year, at the ...

Nowhere is the complete lack of democracy more apparent than in the system to elect the president of the United States: the ...

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For a troubling answer, a new book looks at the aftermath of the 1872 Louisiana governor's election between William Pitt ...