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Article: The other selected president.
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- The New Leader
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876 By Roy Morris Jr. Simon & Schuster. 311 pp. $27.00.
WHEN Americans gaze at the portraits of the Presidents arranged in order of succession, they know that the visages staring out at them are each in their ordained place, as if divinely installed. Who else but Andrew Jackson could have been seventh in line? Who but Abraham Lincoln the 16th? The viewers seem to heed Pascal's stern command: "Never inquire into the origin of things." This book about the making of the President in 1876-77 should encourage people to defy the injunction. Its fascinating narrative reminds us that ...