Aw, c'mon, surely we all remember the victory of Rutherford (known
as "Rutherfraud") B. Hayes over Samuel Tilden! If I remember right,
Hayes was down by 14 electoral votes with 15 disputed votes; the
committee put together to judge the validity of the two sets of
disputed votes was tilted by 1 to Hayes's party, and lo, every one
of the 15 votes fell his way.
The Hayes Presidential Library is not far from where I went to
college, and apparently it's quite clear and detailed about the
degree to which Hayes stole the election. I wonder if, in 2120 or
so, the Bush Library in Crawford will be as open.
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