The Bloody South Carolina Election of 1876: Wade Hampton III, the Red Shirt Campaign for Governor and the End of Reconstruction

by JerryL.West (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $23.51

  Examines the gubernatorial election of 1876, in which South Carolina's most celebrated Civil War general established a united front in the Democratic Party and wrested control of politics from the Republicans. Of particular note are the ways in which the race, with its disqualified ballots, delays and wrangling, prefigured the 2000 election.