Content note: 1876-77 print whose headline counts the men who 'defeated the will of the American people' by race. This object is shown as it was published. Why
The political farce of 1876
Pro-Tilden broadside chart (copyright 1877, Joseph A. Stoll, Newark, N.J.) on the disputed result. Portraits of eight Republican officials and justices (Morton, Garfield, Hoar, Strong, Bradley, Miller, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen) around the four members of the Louisiana Returning Board, with four boxed quotations including one from U.S. Grant and one from Charles Francis Adams. Headline: 'The two negroes and ten whites who defeated the will of the American people, as expressed through the Ballot box, on the 7th day of November 1876.'
- Date
- 1877
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Joseph A. Stoll (publisher, Newark, N.J.)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Grant Administration
- Leader
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1876 US Election
- Techniques
- TestimonialCard stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1876); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
