It was January 1877, and no president-elect. There had been accusations of voter fraud, competing slates of electors, including from Florida, and a move in Congress to block the certification of the election. What to do? There is no written record of the bargain of 1877 to avert a constitutional crisis but the bargain would turn that year into what one author called “America’s Year of Living Violently.” Is there a lesson in all of this for today? Join us and find out what happened and why.
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