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The Scandalized time machine is back up and running. This week, we’re headed back to 1876 to correct the record on the wildest presidential election outcome in American history. The contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was undoubtedly close; but was it actually corrupt? Charlie and Jaci talk to the experts and get to the bottom of the “corrupt bargain” that wasn’t.
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EPISODE NOTES:
Some key sources used in researching and writing this episode:
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library - 1876 Election and American Democracy, 2023
The Miller Center - By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876, 2011
