Episodes Around: 18761229

  1. Corruption in the Courts
    date 1876 to 1877map PRINCE WILLIAM, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Economy, Law, Politics

    Judge Aylett Nicol, now no longer sitting on the bench but behind the defense council's table, breathed a sigh of relief. The court was packed with people who wanted to hear the outcome of whether their Honorable Judge would be found guilty of official misconduct in his own court. Just the day before his final judgment, Mr. William E. Liscomb said he wanted to see the Boss Tweed of Prince William...

  2. Louisiana Gubernatorial Election of 1876
    date November 6, 1876 to March, 1877map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Race-Relations

    The Republicans nominated former U.S. Marshall Stephen Packard for governor during the 1876 gubernatorial race in Louisiana. The Louisiana Democrats chose Francis T. Nicholls, a confederate war hero, as their candidate and began immediate efforts for a victorious election. In counties they were certain to win, Democrats did all they could to hold down the Black vote through intimidation and in...

  3. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election of 1876
    date November 7, 1876 to April 11, 1877map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    For the 1876 gubernatorial race in South Carolina, the Democrats nominated General Wade Hampton, one of the state's most popular figures among the white population, and Republicans renominated Governor Chamberlain who was appointed during reconstruction. Hampton embarked on a tour of the state, accompanied by hundreds of armed supporters, while rifle clubs disrupted Republican rallies with violent...

  4. The Second Corrupt Bargain: Hayes , Tilden Presidential Election, 1876
    date November 7, 1876 to March 5, 1877map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Race-Relations

    The United States presidential election of 1876 was likely the most disputed in the country's history. Democrat Samuel Tilden clearly defeated Republican challenger Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote and Tilden was declared the winner by many prognosticators. <br />The Charleston News and Courier claimed “of Governor Tilden's election, we are still assured,' on Thursday,...

  5. Raging Measles in Ruckdale, Texas
    date December 29, 1876map MILAM, Texastags Health/Death

    On December 29, 1876, D.F.M. Chandler sat down in Ruckdale, Texas to write a letter to Mrs. Roberts, a dear friend. These two had been in written contact with each other previous to this letter, and Chandler apologized for the lapse of time before his responding. Ruckdale, he said, had been hit with a raging case of the measles. This case of the measles terribly afflicted the community; Chandler's...

  6. Ashtabula Bridge Disaster as told by J.E. Burchell, a Survivor
    date December 29, 1876map ASHTABULA, Ohiotags Government, Law, Migration/Transportation, Science/Technology

    On December 29, 1876 Mr. J. E. Burchell was traveling on the Pacific Express train headed toward Chicago during a heavy snow storm. As the first engine, "Socrates" crossed the two hundred foot bridge, the iron trusses broke, causing the bridge to collapse. His eye-witness account describes the accident as the second engine and eleven cars were tipped into the creek seventy feet below and the wood...