Jim Clyburn spoke about the 1876 presidential election at the end of his speech at the Aiken County Democratic Party Blue ...

The most hotly contested presidential election in U.S. history did not take place in 2020, or even 2000. It took place 11 years after the Civil War and ended in a backroom deal with devastating ...

That describes the aftermath of the 1876 presidential election, which, similar to the outcome of the 2016 contest, was never quite accepted by a large portion of the public. As I detail in my book ...

The 2024 Presidential election is drawing near ... This scenario happened in 2016, 2000, 1888, 1876, and 1824 (By a vote of the House of Reps). Because of those scenarios, many have argued ...

Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election not only failed, but some of them also ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

There isn't one solution to galvanizing the electorate; it's more of a suite of reforms, says Editorials Editor Ginnie Graham ...

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It’s an unseasonable metaphor — fall is for football, hello NFL! — but as we move past the traditional Labor Day kickoff of ...

September 9, 2024 - This October the Green-Meldrim House will offer a dramatization of the American centennial panorama with ...

To date, besides Florida in 1868, the only other instance of a state legislature choosing presidential electors without a popular election came in 1876. The overall conclusion is that the Southern ...