Bash and Fisher examine Louisiana’s 1872 gubernatorial election. It was one of the first contests to occur under the state’s ...

An 1870s analog to Donald Trump. In America’s Deadliest Election, Bash highlights the role of Henry Warmoth, the controversial carpetbagger governor at the center of the 1872 election, comparing ...

The 1872 presidential election in the United States, held on the same date (November 5) as the current one, was the most unusual one as it remains the only instance in the US history in which a ...

The 1872 US elections, held on November 5, is arguably the most unusual in American history. Incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who was running for a second term, against Horace Greeley ...

An 1860 photo of New-York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, who challenged President Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 election Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. If Horace Greeley is remembered at all ...

So in the 1872 election race between the incumbent candidate Ulysses S. Grant versus Horace Greeley, a defiant Anthony and 14 other women went to their local polling station in Rochester, N.Y ...

ATS.io compiled and ranked the five biggest poll-defying U.S. presidential election upsets since 1872 using data from Sports Odds History.

An 1872 election turned violent. It could be a lesson for 2024. In “America’s Deadliest Election,” Dana Bash and David Fisher detail an especially dangerous episode of political unrest.

ATS.io compiled and ranked the five biggest poll-defying U.S. presidential election upsets since 1872 using data from Sports Odds History.