Just a couple questions:
- Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 15, 1870... but they were allowed to vote in 1868? Why weren't Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas allowed to vote in that case? What made Georgia special? All I can find is that Georgia cast votes with no real reason behind it.
- Hayes believed that without Democratic threats, he would've won 40 electoral votes in the South due to the Freedman population. Perhaps he overestimated white votes, but anything I can find lists Louisiana and South Carolina as the only majority Freedman states. I've heard tales that Mississippi would've turned as well, giving Hayes a decisive victory, but I've only found population estimates that show the state with majority white population.
Does any one have answers to these predicaments? Basically, how did Georgia vote? And would Hayes have won in an honest election, anyway?
- Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 15, 1870... but they were allowed to vote in 1868? Why weren't Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas allowed to vote in that case? What made Georgia special? All I can find is that Georgia cast votes with no real reason behind it.
- Hayes believed that without Democratic threats, he would've won 40 electoral votes in the South due to the Freedman population. Perhaps he overestimated white votes, but anything I can find lists Louisiana and South Carolina as the only majority Freedman states. I've heard tales that Mississippi would've turned as well, giving Hayes a decisive victory, but I've only found population estimates that show the state with majority white population.
Does any one have answers to these predicaments? Basically, how did Georgia vote? And would Hayes have won in an honest election, anyway?