Centennial Crisis (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: William H. Rehnquist
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1814-1876
- Setting: Ohio, New York, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, David Davis, Nathan Clifford, Stephen Field, Samuel F. Miller, William Strong, Joseph P. Bradley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Nineteenth century, Elections, Judges, Presidents, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: New York, Ohio, Washington, D.C.
As a result of his participation in the disputed presidential election of 2000, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court, already a historian of the Court, developed a particular interest in the bitterly disputed election of the nation's centennial year, 1876. The result is Centennial Crisis, a study of the circumstances through which Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio became the nation's nineteenth chief executive. It was a torturous process which presented puzzling legal ambiguities and necessitated the establishment of an electoral commission in a political...
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