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Boozing, Bribing and Brawling on Election Day
Reid All About it
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Since market day was Wednesday in most towns, that day didn’t work. During the 1860 presidential election, Democratic supporters of Stephen Douglas held a “Grand Political Carnival and Ox Roast” in New York City. City political machines (organizations), such as Tammany Hall in New York City, didn’t stop at bribery.
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