House of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and House curator Farar Elliott discussed the disputed election between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes and its impact on reconstruction and voting rights for African-Americans in the South.
House of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and House curator Farar Elliott discussed the disputed election of 1876 between Samuel B. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes and its impact on reconstruction and voting rights for African-Americans in the South.