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Election 1876: The Closest Election Ever

Discussing Florida's vote, in 1876

By 1876, post-Civil War Reconstruction had been around for a decade, and federal troops had been removed from political duty in every state except Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. The country was celebrating its centennial. No one had any reason to suspect that the year's presidential election would nearly plunge the nation back into chaos.

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