Electoral-Fraud

Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery

1858-01-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Kansas voters rejected the fraudulent Lecompton Constitution by an overwhelming margin of 10,226 to 138 on January 4, 1858, in a referendum that exposed the pro-slavery document’s lack of popular support. The constitution had been drafted by a pro-slavery territorial legislature that consisted …

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Lecompton Constitution Referendum Demonstrates Electoral Fraud in Service of Slavery Expansion

1857-11-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

A fraudulent referendum on the Lecompton Constitution occurs in Kansas Territory, with pro-slavery forces manipulating the process to attempt forcing slavery on Kansas despite the Free-State majority. Free-State settlers refuse to participate in the June 1857 election for constitutional convention …

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Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence

1855-03-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Kansas Territory held its first territorial legislative election on March 30, 1855, which was stolen through systematic fraud and violence by approximately 5,000 “Border Ruffians” who invaded from western Missouri. Under the leadership of U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison and other …

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Log Cabin Campaign Uses Image Manipulation and Corruption Attacks to Defeat Van Buren

1840-11-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren in the 1840 election, winning 234 of 294 electoral votes through what would become known as the first modern image-based political campaign. When a Democratic newspaper mockingly suggested giving Harrison “a barrel of hard …

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Corrupt Bargain Elevates Adams to Presidency Through House Backroom Deal

1825-02-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as president on February 9, 1825, despite Andrew Jackson winning both the popular vote (152,901 to 114,023) and the highest electoral vote count (99, though short of the required majority). When no candidate achieved an electoral majority in the …

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