CNN anchor digs into Louisiana's contentious 1872 governor's election that sparked violence 'With the Cruikshank decision, and then the election of Hayes, we got Jim Crow for 100 years.' ...

Bash and Fisher examine Louisiana’s 1872 gubernatorial election. It was one of the first contests to occur under the state’s ...

CNN anchor delves into a contentious 1872 Louisiana governor's election that sowed violence 'America’s Deadliest Election' is a cautionary tale, writes Dana Bash.

It's a political cycle full of racial conflict, warring media factions, calls of fraudulent elections, and attempted assassinations -- but it's not present day America, it's 1872 Louisiana. A new ...

As for the gubernatorial election dispute in 1872, it happened again in 1876. As did another assassination attempt. Republicans claimed that their candidate, Stephen Packard, won.

Co-authored with David Fisher, the book examines the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election, a chao tic and violent contest that Bash argues continues to reverberate through American politics today.

CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash looked at Louisiana's Reconstruction-Era gubernatorial election of 1872, and the political and racial violence that occurred that year. Politics and ...

LOUISIANA.; The Election Muddle Receives an ... See the article in its original context from November 19, 1872, Page 1 ... Nov. 18. Upon application of Governor Warmoth, Judge Dibble, of ...

As for the gubernatorial election dispute in 1872, it happened again in 1876. As did another assassination attempt. Republicans claimed that their candidate, Stephen Packard, won.