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Undecided Candidates
An excerpt from the diary of presidential hopeful at the outset of the contested election of 1876.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Lapham’s Quarterly
on
November 3, 2020
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A Disputed Election, a Constitutional Crisis, Polarisation… Welcome to 1876
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