City Club of Boise Evening Conversation: The Election of 1876 and the Collapse of Reconstruction

Описание: The election of 1876 stands as one of the most disputed elections in U.S. history and the result was the beginning of one of darkest chapters in our national story. In that election Democrat Samuel Tilden, then Governor of New York, received the majority of the popular vote over Ohio Governor, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. However, Governor Tilden was one electoral vote short of the 185 required to win. In three states, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina, both parties reported that their candidates had won. The electors in those states numbered 20. Republicans made a deal with the Democrats to remove Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. In exchange, the Democrats agreed to award the 20 disputed electoral votes to Hayes, making him the 19th President of the United States. The result immediately signified Reconstruction's downfall and ultimately produced a new system of white supremacy and black subordination in the South.
Dr. Krohn will present the history of this election and the end of Reconstruction in a Small Group Conversation with ~25 City Club members. Following his presentation, members will have an opportunity to engage in the conversation, ask questions, and provide input. The program will also be live streamed to a remote audience.
Raymond James Krohn, Ph.D., is a member of the Department of History at Boise State University where he teaches 18th, 19th and early 20th century history and specializes in histories of slavery, abolitionism and social reform movements, as well as constitutional, political, intellectual and cultural history. As an educator he seeks to demonstrate why the past matters. Dr. Krohn received a B.A. in Art History from John Carroll University and his Ph.D. in history from Purdue University. His forthcoming book concentrates on veteran