"Your Fraudulency:" The 1876 election 

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” -Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV, King Solomon

Dishonesty, collusion and distrust are poor medicine for a nation that needs healing.

I believe 2020 has surpassed this election as the most corrupt. Just my opinion though.

Unfortunately, some history topics will cause people to snipe at each other. When I start going in that direction I try to step back and remember "just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.". If I have offended, I apologize.

I think this is a case where the phrase," those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." Seems to apply.🙄

🤣 So very true

"You can ignore History, but History won't ignore you."

Thats democracy bro

Politics has ever been and ever will be tribal. G. Washington was wise in not wanting political parties in the newborn republic. Too bad more people didn't listen to him.

@@karenryder6317 Naive attitude. They were inevitable with the system and survived every attempt to avoid them.

The media in this country is largely fraudulent

@@skeetrix5577 In what sense? A lot of the people who are considered "talking heads" by journalism grads are still well qualified to at least report the news, and usually the underlying investigative work is done by journalism graduates who have both a special mention in the Constitution and professional code of ethics. They are still human, but they often report when they have made errors. With the exception of those who argue in court that their shows are for entertainment purposes only, despite having the word "news" plastered over it (or those who just decided to start an opinion podcast on the internet), most are exactly what they claim to be. So, in what way is news "largely" fraudulent, or do you mean that you dislike what they report?

@@rachelk4805 What they mean is the news is often patently false. A combination of blatantly biased, just plain dishonest, and lazily incompetent reporting, has left a great many people with absolutely no trust in the media. The only people who believe the media any more are those who DO like what they report. Of course, if you like what you hear, why would you bother the check the facts. I've caught the media in so many blatant lies I can't take anything they say seriously anymore. Well, maybe the weather.

@@GUNNER67akaKelt A lot of people don’t care what the truth is. They find someone who tells them what they want to hear and then calls that the news. Half of the 24 hour news stations have commentary not news. Often blatant opinion having nothing to do with fact.

@@rachelk4805 what we mean is YOU BROADCAST FAKE NEWS! izakly as stated mo ron. Get This: The People Don't Trust You anymore, however much they ever did. And y'all did it to yourselves, eat it.

Or he might have been, and he said that as misdirection. After all, if "cheaters never win" and he won that's "proof" he didn't cheat, right?

Nor a capitalist.

Or a fighter pilot.

The point is that to cheat and win is to lose, morally.

It’s “cheaters never prosper”.

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket So, you want to use the actions of a long dead person to color the reputation of their currently living descendants? How about we start with your family? How about every time one of your ancestors broke a law that you are punished for it? And what if one of your ancestors once murdered someone? Shall we toss you in prison for a crime you never committed or possibly even knew about it? Yes, slavery and racism are abhorrent. But why in the world would you punish someone now for something that they and their living family members had no part in? That whole idea is ridiculous, stupid, and very woke. It's about as stupid as the idea of reparations for those whose ancestors were slaves. Those who have been slaves are the only ones owed reparations and only those who own/owned slaves should be punished. You do not punish the son for the sins of the father. Ted Bundy's family was not executed alongside him because they had nothing to do with his murders. The same for Adolf Hitler's family, the BTK killer's family, or even the family of the Son of Sam. As for what you said about killing off people in the south, that kind of attitude is no different then what Joseph Mengle and his "associates" did.

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket that would be absolutely no good. You replace slave owners with angry grieving people who had relatives die because of your purge. It would have further ingrained the hatred for former slaves.

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket "The thing is anyone that gets offended by that statement is saying they think slave owners should be alive" 1. Most people are rather picky about who they are willing to kill. Nowadays a lot of people are adverse to killing ANYONE, even serial killers and child molesters who are convicted with overwhelming evidence. 2. How are you defining "slave owners"? There were 393,975 slave owners on the 1860 census. But that doesn't include people who rented slaves, traded slaves, were overseers of slaves, spouses and other family members of slave owners who didn't own slaves in the strict legal sense but did own them in a practical sense, etc. 3. "Kill every racist" is even more problematic. The vast majority of Americans who opposed slavery in the 1860s were still racist, including many who fought in the Union Army and Southern Unionists who opposed the Confederacy. 4. Regardless of who you can make a compelling argument deserved to be executed, carrying out such executions wasn't remotely practical.

Hey come on, they do teach history in red states. They just teach the parts that make them look good and definitely not storming the Capitol types.

I got so distracted reading this insane comment thread I had to restart the video.

"For it is the Doom of men that they forget!" Merlin

People will learn about all the corrupt and unethical things the government has done in the past and say "Wow, glad that doesn't happen anymore!"

And we (those who don't) are working hard to supply future content for The History Guy, cheers!

LOL! Thanks for your refreshing cynicism. In light of recent events, this episode makes me sort of...uneasy. Cheers!

What we think of as warnings they think of as instructions.

Mayor Daly somehow got away with it...twice!

what was the line in the movie Gangs of New York? it's not how many votes are cast but who's counting them....or something to that effect.

@@moss8448 Miller's Crossing (1990 Movie) Leo; "Hey Tom, you know the Mayor don't you?" Tom; "I should, I voted for him 6 times in the last election." The Mayor; "The worst thing is that's not the record."

But that's such a small amount of error that it wouldn't change the results to fix the problem, however big that problem may be. Lol

"...2020???"

Political corruption seems to come in waves--we happen to be riding the crest of a wave right now.

Those who choose to erase history will find themselves repeating it.

I just said the same.

Gee, it's almost as if the politicians in charge, intentionally want to keep the electorate as ignorant as possible.

1876, Ballot box stuffing. 2020, Universal mail in voting.

(aka. Career Politicians)

And yet they are always in power, Politicians and Wall Street.

"The struggle’s no longer just who gets to vote. It’s about who gets to count the vote." joe biden

they just wanna be in charge of the tax money is all

Man you ain't lyin lol

Nope. We ARE in an unusual situation. Our last president was a useful idiot for a major adversary. Also, 30 criminal charges. It is NOT "sad" to notice.

There were plenty of other examples of 19th century corruption: Teapot Dome scandal, Credit Mobilier scandal, etc.

It was just more obvious now

Snicker.

🤨....man, so do I. It *couldn't* happen nowadays, could it? 🙄

LOL! No one is really selling papers anymore - so there's that.

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

@@stephenphillip5656 that would be crazy. People would NEVER exploit a “once in a generation” event to alter an election…

Maybe rhyming too

Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it their senior year... But yea, thats not a familiar story to current times in the slightest...

For better or worse, the cycle of history is a source of hope.

@@r3dp9 yes, it is. It just saddens me the amount of blood required to buy that hope is measured in such large quantities.

Damn

Good on your history teachers. We didn't get much of this type of detail in highschool.

Your joking about 2020, right? The 2000, that was easily proven! The 2020, election, Trump lost because he underestimated the NEW voting block that are predominantly liberals!!!! All one has to do is study them!!!! The continuous downfall of the GOP, now after 2020, the abortion!!!! The GOP should have left abortion alone because it opened Pandora’s Box. People, you all need to turn off that stupid MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN!!!! Open up books, study analytics, trends, and demographics (EXTREMELY important)!!!! BEFORE the 2020 election, i made a Facebook livestream telling people Trump would lose, WHY, states he would lose, and the Electoral College!!!! Can’t damn close!!!! Trump’s OTHER downfall was his idiocy administration!!!! They were just dumb!!!! Had no knowledge of history which is VERY important as well!!!! Trump yelling massive voter fraud against Obama, H. Clinton, Ted Cruz, and Brian Kemp, NOOOOO evidence whatsoever!!!! Funny that more and more voter fraud from conservatives are being uncovered!!!! The wide investigations by conservatives, STILL haven’t found massive voter fraud!!!! OOOOOOH, see the link from conservatives themselves!!!! i read it!!!! The conservatives better direct their attention to the younger voters and how to make them happy!!!! This massive voter fraud and abortion crap, just pissing them off more!!!! See the recent elections lately? More indicators!!!! Hell, even 36% of conservative women support abortion!!!! You all better wake the FCUK up and leave you emotions out of this!!!! Then there are the PLETHORA of indictments within the Trump administration 🤦🏾‍♂️!!!! That ALONE is insane!!!! lostnotstolen.org//wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lost-Not-Stolen-The-Conservative-Case-that-Trump-Lost-and-Biden-Won-the-2020-Presidential-Election-July-2022.pdf

2016 shouldn't have been shock either *Russia says USAID ousted for meddling in elections* ~LA Times, 9/20/12

Election of his fraudulency led to a Great populist revolt.

It isn't to me. It makes me fear we will never be able to overcome tribalism.

@@mlconley you lost.

Yeah, I'm feeling the same way, since we're talking about the period immediately after the Civil War...get that? A Civil War! Although this does at least tell us that nothing's changed throughout history, there are always people willing to do anything for power over others. The whole point of democracy is that the majority of the people who are going to affected by this power decide who will have it...and will take it away if it's abused! That last part is important.

@@karenryder6317 The 'easiest' way to overcome tribalism is for EVERYONE to be good & honest. Once we can make that happen, tribalism has not a leg to stand on. Thats it; thats all we have to do! LOL

Indeed it does.

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” - Mark Twain.

@@timothykeith1367 I'm a little late to the party but you said exactly what I was planning to say before I saw your response. ;)

Strokes being the key word there.

Except back then both sides were actually trying to steal the election. No one was pretending.

I'm glad the horses were civil; so many are NOT!

Fremont is in Northwest Ohio, not North Central. It's approximately 30 miles East of Toledo on U.S. 20 and I've lived in the area my entire 53 years. Other than that, you're right, the Hayes House and Museum are definitely worth visiting. They're actually having sleigh rides on the grounds this weekend.

I stand correct... I meant to say "Civil War horses"!

@@richardcleveland8549 I stand correct... I meant to say "Civil War horses"!

@@MikeBrown-ii3pt Sound great... thanks for the info Mike!

"Wheeler? I hardly know her!"

@@jimbob3332 😂

Vice president that's who

​@@jimbob3332 You liquor

That was Lincoln's advice to the Whigs, when he was one.

And there are few of us left

Are you referring to "His Fraudulency the Second"?

@@mlconley Thanks, I'm stealing that....just like the election.

The 1876 election is the second most safe and secure election ever. There was no evidence of widespread fraud. Stop spreading misinformation. Or we'll have to charge you for sedition.

@@slowturtle6745 🤣

It might not repeat but it sure does rhyme.

Ah, so when the heavy tracked pushing machine was invented, it was a natural name to apply to it. I'd like to know the real origin of the phrase, "That's a doozy!" It sounds like it should refer to the Duesenberg luxury and racing cars, but it predates their creation by at least 4 years. (It's possible that these cars, many of which are still roadworthy today, popularized the phrase, but it couldn't have inspired it.)

@@evensgrey you might be interested in watching an episode of Jay Leno's garage about a Duesenberg that he owns. He touches on the "doozy" phraseology a little before the video ends.

And here I thought bulldozer was a name connected to a large strong bovine.

@@filanfyretracker That may have been where the term actually came from. After all if you get run into by one of those critters you are literally bulldozed!

@Glen Martin, Maybe it was not mentioned due to corruption of this election. No point in “airing dirty linen in public.”

I think it is also Sickles was a Medal of Honor receiptian for his actions at Gettysburg

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@@TheHistoryGuyChannel LOL. I forgot where I learned it from. In my defense (not using temporary insanity though) you have produced around 600 videos.

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel thanks. I thought you did that.....

Infamous & notorious

The camel regiment!

But not history that should be re-lived and should be a cautionary tale. The election of 1876 didn't install a communist whose corruption permeated the entire executive branch.

Both

2020- The Most Fortified Of All Time - The Former VP

Ha ha, yeah, no this is history. Kinda sad still trying to disenfranchise the Blacks after 150 years.

Lol!!

Yes

It's a really deja vu sort of thing.

Agreed. So little has changed.

Yes... I find it fascinating how few people take voting seriously today. And how many people know nothing of the issues, other than what they hear on Broadcast News or social media

As opposed to 2016 when 2/3 of the eligible voters stayed home in protest. I wonder if Trump or Hillary could have won if those people had chosen any third party.

Remember. Vote early and vote often.

I'm reminded of the voting chapter of the film Gangs of New York

@@HM2SGT yeah, that was great! Get a shave and vote again lol

they were talking about 'Progressives' at the turn of the century and it was for simple things like workers rights and silly stuff like that...the big boys always holler about too much government because for one thing they don't want anyone looking over their shoulders...how dare the common man have a say so..by god we own this place or something to that effect...yeah right until it's their ass on the line then it's a different story and they become 'super' patriots.

oh did we leave that part out? that's one thing the South didn't forget but they did bring it on themselves in a lot of ways..spoken as a Southerner

Long after it was too late, as usual. It's like the fake election was actually made in a lab.

missing chads

We already have term limits, it's called an election. But the election fraud has to be crushed for the term limits to work.

There should be no terms at all. Screw up bad enough and you’re fired immediately, just like every job the common folk hold. If there is no one to replace the person that left office, then that seat remains empty until a suitable replacement can be found. That and ranked choice voting would do wonders to eliminate the strangehold of the two dominant parties and hopefully reduce corruption. I can dream, can’t I?

@@singleproppilot I like your ideas! I think you are referring to a recall.... but they seem difficult to implement. A sore spot for me is our failed judiciary system.

Agreed

@@northdakotaham1752 I was referring to term limits in the number of terms an elected can serve, regardless of what the voters want. This precludes a professional body politic. In my opinion, all elected offices must be limited to two terms, so we don't have another FDR type cycle of socialism and entitlements. The electeds' salaries must be more in line with the difficulty in what they do, which is basically sitting on their asses in their office or en bicameral. No elected official from the POTUS on down should have a pension, ever. ALL the elected MUST have the same health benefits that they legislate for THE PEOPLE. Our forefathers NEVER intended for elected officials to become like a profession, where one milks the PEOPLE and gets rich. Elected office was meant to be a well- respected citizen's civic duty not a lifetime job. They wanted exactly the opposite of what we see today.

I live in that area, I will have to check that out. Thanks. Lincoln has an old office in metamora Illinois worth checking out.

We see the the U.S. as a bastion of enlightenment. During the first 100 years, the U.S. govt. was no better than the Congo or Cambodia, or any other tiny country with a strong man leader. Corruption and Cronyism were just called, "government".

I thought it was a dedication to the Alamo defenders.

Or 2016. Or 2000.

@working_country ___Hardly. We have records of currency being devalued and the resulting price inflation going back to at least Classical Rome. It also happened when Spain looted all that gold and silver from Aztec and Inca empires. It happened periodically in England when the Crown would debase the metal the coinage was minted from (and was largely undone when Elizabeth I systematically undebased all the coinage and issued high-purity coins again). Inflation wasn't all THAT bad in the US until the US went fully fiat currency in the 1970's. I was a kid, but even I noticed that there was an order of magnitude increase in prices between when I started primary school in 1975 and ended middle school in 1984.

Much like how "The Dark Ages" was and is still viewed as a period of time where nothing was going on.

@@vulpsturm Which is an easy mistake to make if you only look at documents, which are relatively scarce in the period we call the Middle Ages. If you look at what actually happened, there was a LOT going on in Europe in the period. Huge migrations, massive wars, great (if incredibly dirty and smelly) cities were built, and by the later half of the period you've got the construction of massive cathedrals and castles that still exist all over Europe. (Fun fact: France spent a larger proportion of it's total productivity building cathedrals than the US did to go to the moon in the 1960's. The results were some of the largest indoor spaces created before the 20th century.)

Interesting.

@working_country ___ "which is why inflation (devaluing currency) was invented." Please tell me you're joking. Inflation as a economic concept dates back to the Romans.

In politics as in game design, if you are liked by everybody but loved by nobody, you will fail.

Not many years ago, I asked one conservative political candidate - obviously trying to appeal to people who thought of themselves a Christians - which of his policies he thought were likely to be appreciated by moderates. His reply began with an oath and employed a lot of vulgarities and profanities but the upshot of it was to refer to moderates by a string of adjectives intended to imply that moderates aren't worth the ground that is darkened by our shadows. - An overall inspiring reply. NOT!

And that was written before TV and these little sxrying screens grew our complacency further. Great quote. Ofcourse if a politician was to say to the people that maintaining a government of the people was the responsibility of the people, Nancy Pelosi would drag them up infront of the J6 commission on grounds of inciting the Great American Walkthrough of 21'.

​@@ricksanchez3176 Ya, but fortunately J6 wasn't in 21 and happened in 20 instead which was an actual insurrection and not a walk through. But I get it. You aren't talking about that or even making a vague reference to it, so...

@@daviddamascus9657 don't eat paint chips

@@ricksanchez3176 Don't drink bleach. It won't help with COVID.

@@daviddamascus9657 keep that mask on tight

ok doomer

Give it a year, things will change dramatically.

@@northdakotaham1752 I can't understand why you think that we will be any less polarized a year from now.

@@karenryder6317 I believe it will improve bc frankly, between Biden, Harris and the left wing Dems in Congress, they suck! Their poll numbers tell the whole story. For that reason I believe Republicans will win both houses this fall, begin a new, more rational congress in January 23 and one of their first tasks will be to address big tech censorship. We are living through an information war(24/7 propaganda).

@@northdakotaham1752 Biden and the Dems ain't "left wing"; bc Trump supporters ain't the "center". If anything, they've run so far right that even Reagan wouldn't recognize them. There's a real "left" in America now, but you won't find it in the "Blue" party. And it's only getting bigger. See ya soon.

Please look into what the electoral college actually is, and why advocating for its removal is actually to be anti-democracy.

Direct democracy is a disaster, mob rule, and crushes the minority. Those living amd working in the country making all the food would never have a voice.

They have. They've changed for the better. 2020 was nothing like 1976, and I'm grateful for that.

There are monuments that were erected immediately following the Civil War (e.g. Manassas Battlefield) and those erected in the Jim Crow Era (e.g. R.E. Lee in Charlottesville). The latter was actually unanamously approved by an entirely Democrat city council. The history of each, individual monument is certainly forgotten today.

@@justme_gb before repubs switched to the south and pivoted to racism

@@MrIluvbutts Another media/Dem lie.

@@MrIluvbutts really? When did that happen?

@@northdakotaham1752 between the 30's-60's

Indeed! I had a similar thought, trying to remind people that everything they're so wrapped around the axle about is nothing new. 1948 definitely came to mind!

makes me wonder at times how many headlines the papers have had ready in history, That thankfully did not come true or unfortunately came true. Like I would not be surprised if there was a rocket explodes headline ready for every Apollo and Shuttle mission(which sadly they got to use in 1984 for Challenger). In less serious things I know that things like the Superbowl tend to have two headlines already to go to the presses.

"More votes than Obama got!"

@@vulpsturm why it's almost as if population grows with time

Not in this case though because unlike that election then, there's no evidence of any tampering of votes unless you count what Bonespur Spanky was trying to set in motion.

@@PDVism Yep, it just coincided with the largest use of mail-in voting in our country's history. Absolutely no opportunity for tampering there.

@@Brian-li5up And just hours before the votes were tallied and one party was in the lead all of a sudden there was a blackout in the deciding state, all the cameras turned off and all the certifiers from a single party were thrown out of the room. Doors locked and cardboard was thrown up over the windows. Then after about two hours they unlocked the door and said it was actually the party that was loosing that won.

Indeed