Proceedings of the Electoral Commission & of the two houses of Congress in joint meeting relative to the count of electoral votes cast December 6, 1876 for the Presidential term co Book

Fairly dry, the introduction was better than the rest of the material. Covers the disputed 1876 election, caused by a electoral differences in Florida and decided by a single partisan member of the supreme court. Another interesting parallel is voters disenfranchised, the vote totals of whole counties thrown out. Focuses a little too much on the candidates backgrounds, doesn't cover the impact of reconstruction and carpetbaggers enough.

A short epilogue compares the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes to what his challenger Samuel Tilden may have done, and was the second most interesting part of this dry story. Rated slightly more than 2 stars - it was better than OK, but not that great.