Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Electio

Description: Fraud of the Century by Roy Jr. Morris Synopsis coming soon....... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this major work of popular history and scholarship, acclaimed historian and biographer Roy Morris, Jr, tells the extraordinary story of how, in Americas centennial year, the presidency was stolen, the Civil War was almost reignited, and Black Americans were consigned to nearly ninety years of legalized segregation in the South.The bitter 1876 contest between Ohio Republican governor Rutherford B. Hayes and New York Democratic governor Samuel J. Tilden is the most sensational, ethically sordid, and legally questionable presidential election in American history. The first since Lincolns in 1860 in which the Democrats had a real chance of recapturing the White House, the election was in some ways the last battle of the Civil War, as the two parties fought to preserve or overturn what had been decided by armies just eleven years earlier. Riding a wave of popular revulsion at the numerous scandals of the Grant administration and a sluggish economy, Tilden received some 260,000 more votes than his opponent. But contested returns in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina ultimately led to Hayess being declared the winner by a specially created, Republican-dominated Electoral Commission after four tense months of political intrigue and threats of violence. President Grant took the threats seriously: he ordered armed federal troops into the streets of Washington to keep the peace. Morris brings to life all the colorful personalities and high drama of this most remarkable—and largely forgotten—election. He presents vivid portraits of the bachelor lawyer Tilden, a wealthy New York sophisticate whose passion for clean government propelled him to the very brink of the presidency, and of Hayes, a family man whose Midwestern simplicity masked a cunning political mind. We travel to Philadelphia, where the Centennial Exhibition celebrated Americas industrial might and democratic ideals, and to the nations heartland, where Republicans waged a cynical but effective "bloody shirt" campaign to tar the Democrats, once again, as the party of disunion and rebellion. Morris dramatically recreates the suspenseful events of election night, when both candidates went to bed believing Tilden had won, and a one-legged former Union army general, "Devil Dan" Sickles, stumped into Republican headquarters and hastily improvised a devious plan to subvert the election in the three disputed southern states. We watch Hayes outmaneuver the curiously passive Tilden and his supporters in the days following the election, and witness the late-night backroom maneuvering of party leaders in the nations capital, where democracy itself was ultimately subverted and the will of the people thwarted. Fraud of the Century presents compelling evidence that fraud by Republican vote-counters in the three southern states, and especially in Louisiana, robbed Tilden of the presidency. It is at once a masterful example of political reporting and an absorbing read. Author Biography Roy Morris, Jr., is the author of The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War, as well as biographies of Ambrose Bierce and General Phil Sheridan. A former political correspondent, he lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Table of Contents ContentsIntroductionPrologue: Election Night, 18761. American Mecca2. A Third-Rate Non Entity3. Centennial Sam4. A Hot and Critical Contest5. It Seemed As If the Dead Had Been Raised6. Eight Villains to Seven PatriotsEpilogue: I Still Trust the PeopleNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex Review Jeff Greenfield Enough drama, melodrama, farce, and tragedy to power a dozen novels....A compelling tale for anyone even remotely interested in American political history.Jay Winik A rip-roaring book, filled with high-stakes chicanery, low-down politics, rampant partisanship, riveting personal struggles, and lingering sectional animosities. If you thought Bush v. Gore was contentious -- read this.The Wall Street Journal Bravely nonconformist and greatly entertaining.Associated Press The similarities of the 1876 presidential election...to Bush vs. Gore in 2000 are extraordinary....Morris, a skilled political reporter and historian, offers a vivid backstage look into a stolen election. Long Description The bitter 1876 contest between Ohio Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes and New York Democratic Governor Samuel Tilden was the mostsensational and corrupt presidential election in American history. It was also, in many ways, the final battle of the Civil War. Although Tilden received some 265,000 more popular votes than his opponent, and needed only one more electoral vote for victory, contested returns in three southern states still under Republican-controlled Reconstruction governments ultimately led to Hayess being declared the winner after four tense months of brazen political intrigue and threats of violence that brought armed troops into the streets of the nations capital.In this major work of popular history and scholarship, Roy Morris, Jr., takes readers to Philadelphia in Americas centennial year, where millions celebrated the nations industrial might and democratic ideals; to the nations heartland, where Republicans refought the Civil War by waging a cynical "bloody shirt" campaign to tar the Democrats as the party of disunion and rebellion; and finally into the smoke-filled back rooms of Washington, D.C., where the will of the people was thwarted and the newly won rights of four million former slaves were ignored, leading to nearly ninety years of legalized segregation in the South. Review Quote The Wall Street JournalBravely nonconformist and greatly entertaining. Details ISBN0743255526 Short Title FRAUD OF THE CENTURY Publisher Simon & Schuster Language English ISBN-10 0743255526 ISBN-13 9780743255523 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Pages 320 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Simon & Schuster Subtitle Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876 DOI 10.1604/9780743255523 UK Release Date 2004-03-05 NZ Release Date 2004-03-05 Author Roy Jr. Morris DEWEY 324.973082 Illustrations 1 16 pp b&w insert Audience General AU Release Date 2004-04-14 Series A Political Memoir Bestseller Publication Date 2004-03-05 US Release Date 2004-03-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8570078;

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