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re: Obscure/Interesting/Quirky "American" Facts 1865-1880

Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:20 pm to
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:20 pm to
The 1876 Presidential Election was rigged. Rutherford B. Hayes took the presidency in exchange for ending reconstruction.

True story.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:24 pm to
And Samuel Tilden, the man who was robbed of the 1876 Presidential Election, owned a huge collection of pornography.

True story.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:24 pm to
In 1871, John Wesley Hardin shot a man for snoring.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57343 posts
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:47 am to
quote:

The 1876 Presidential Election was rigged. Rutherford B. Hayes took the presidency in exchange for ending reconstruction.

True story.


This is how we ended up with Posse Comitatus. It was a way to buy-off the Southern States in favor of R. B. Hayes with the promise of the withdrawal of Federal troops.
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