The Election of 1876: The History of the Controversial Election that Ended Reconstruction
ISBN: 9781530825769
$6.99
*Includes pictures
*Includes contemporary accounts describing the candidates, the conventions, and the election
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readers
*Includes a table of contents
"It is impossible, at so early a time, to obtain the result." – Rutherford B. Hayes after the election
It seems that every time a presidential election rolls around in America, voters are told that the nation is at a critical fork in its history, and that the decisions reached and the candidates elected will change the course of history. While this is always true to some extent, there are times when it is true to a critical extent.
Such was the case in 1876, when the country, weary of four years of Civil War and more than a decade of Reconstruction, was once again on the brink of splitting. While the Northern states celebrated the centennial of American Independence, the South found itself chaffing under the weight of federal occupation. At the same time, the entire nation was shocked and horrified at the direction the Indian Wars in the West were going, culminating just weeks before the election with George Custer’s shocking defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
*Includes contemporary accounts describing the candidates, the conventions, and the election
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readers
*Includes a table of contents
"It is impossible, at so early a time, to obtain the result." – Rutherford B. Hayes after the election
It seems that every time a presidential election rolls around in America, voters are told that the nation is at a critical fork in its history, and that the decisions reached and the candidates elected will change the course of history. While this is always true to some extent, there are times when it is true to a critical extent.
Such was the case in 1876, when the country, weary of four years of Civil War and more than a decade of Reconstruction, was once again on the brink of splitting. While the Northern states celebrated the centennial of American Independence, the South found itself chaffing under the weight of federal occupation. At the same time, the entire nation was shocked and horrified at the direction the Indian Wars in the West were going, culminating just weeks before the election with George Custer’s shocking defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.