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06694aam a2200553 i 4500 001 886F49448FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 210212t20212021lauabc b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021006397 020 $a 0807175595 020 $a 9780807175590 035 $a (OCoLC)1238130334 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d YUS $d EAU $d OBE $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-la $a n-usu-- $a n-us-la 050 00 $a E680 $b .F185 2021 100 1 $a Fairclough, Adam, $e author. 245 10 $a Bulldozed and betrayed : $b Louisiana and the stolen elections of 1876 / $c Adam Fairclough. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xii, 311 pages: $b illustrations, maps, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-305) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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 to the presidency by showing that the Republican party had carried the vital states of Florida and Louisiana by fraud. The committee alleged that nationally prominent Republicans, sent to those states by President Grant to observe the count, had encouraged local officials to make spurious charges that Democrats had carried the election by intimidating Black voters. These false charges of Democratic 'bulldozing' had furnished a pretext for returning boards to reject enough Democratic votes to hand victory to Hayes. The investigation focused on the actions of Senator John Sherman, who supposedly promised federal jobs to two local election supervisors if the latter stood by their false claims of Democratic intimidation. Sherman made the promise in a letter, committing what was tantamount to a bribe in the process, Democrats charged. Although several historians have studied the disputed election of 1876, Adam Fairclough is the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of the Potter Committee's investigation. The inquiry, Fairclough shows, was quite revealing about the character of politics at that time. The committee failed to authenticate the 'Sherman letter,' which was likely a fake. It also failed to establish that Republican charges of Democratic intimidation were false. Its key witnesses were disgruntled Republicans who perjured themselves. Other important witnesses later withdrew their testimony and charged Democrats with intimidation and bribery. The investigation took an unexpected turn that added to the Democrats' embarrassment when the New York Tribune translated and published dozens of coded telegrams passed between the Tilden headquarters in New York and Democratic agents in the disputed southern states during the election. The 'cipher dispatches' showed that the Tilden campaign had attempted to buy the presidency by bribing election officials and presidential electors. This development neutralized the use of the fraud issue by the Democratic party. It also ended Tilden's political career. As Fairclough deftly shows, the committee hearings were compelling, sensational, and sometimes hilarious. As he also reveals, testimony from witnesses provides keen insight into the political culture of the time by illustrating the dishonesty and venality of many southern Republicans. It demonstrates, too, the pervasive influence of the 'spoils system,' whereby political loyalties were often determined by whether one had a government position, and, if so, to whom one owed the appointment. Moreover, thanks to aggressive questioning by the maverick Republican Ben Butler, the investigation exposed the treachery of Hayes and his inner circle. They took the electoral votes of Louisiana and South Carolina and then permitted insurrectionary Democrats to overthrow Republican governments in those states-governments elected with the same votes that elected Hayes. In the South, the tragic aftermath of the so-called Compromise of 1877 was further intimidation of Black voters, the murder of more Republican leaders, and longtime Democratic rule"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election. $b House. $b Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election. 610 17 $a United States. $b Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election. $b House. $b Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01531576 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Election $y 1876. 650 0 $a Contested elections $z United States. 650 0 $a Elections $x Corrupt practices $z Southern States. 650 0 $a Voter intimidation $z Southern States $x History. 650 0 $a Voter suppression $z Louisiana $x History. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1869-1877. 650 7 $a Contested elections. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00876654 650 7 $a Elections $x Corrupt practices. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00904333 650 7 $a Political culture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069263 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents $x Election. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075747 650 7 $a Voter intimidation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01895822 650 7 $a Voter suppression. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02021789 651 7 $a Louisiana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01207035 651 7 $a Southern States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fairclough, Adam. $t Bulldozed and betrayed $d Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021] $z 9780807176337 $w (DLC) 2021006398 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021022045.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=886F49448FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search