Counterfactuals: The Sensational 1876 Election
From The History Guy by Lance and Josh Geiger
January 13, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 2 · Episode 124
About this episode
This episode discusses the tumultuous 1876 election, marked by violence and fraud, leading to a constitutional crisis.
On today’s episode we talk about one of the most fraught elections in American history, where violence, initmidation and outright fraud precipitated a constitutional crisis - the 1876 election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
People in this episode
Hosts: Lance Geiger, Josh Geiger
Topics covered
- American history
- 1876 election
- constitutional crisis
- political fraud
- violence in elections
Keywords
- 1876 election
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Samuel Tilden
- constitutional crisis
- political history
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