Only one period in US history witnessed such an extended collection of closely contested elections. America is tuning into the golden oldie era of the '80s—the 1880s. American politics has ...

Unfortunately there was no newspaper for seven more months so we can only speculate about it. The election of 1880 is still the closest in history for the popular vote with a slim .1% difference. The ...

We've been in the campaign reporting business ever since. Here are the Post's front pages for every U.S. presidential election since 1880, from Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge to Ronald ...

Though uniformed young partisans marched in elections from 1860 through 1900, the 1880 race was particularly consequential. It would be the first presidential election since the end of ...

in the further consideration of the Election law passed by the Legislature of 1880. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The mid-late 19th century saw multiple elections with voter turnouts above 80 percent. In 1880, James A. Garfield became the nation's 20th president, with the smallest popular vote victory in ...

Politicians had to spend more money getting each vote in 1880 than they do today, research suggests. Despite complaints that glossy adverts and hi-tech voter-targeting mean that modern elections cost ...

The federal election of 1888 was heavily contested and has been ranked as one of the most fraudulent in Arkansas history. That year, John Middleton Clayton, brother of former governor Powell ...