Workmen on the Wiconisco Canal assaulted poll workers in Halifax, threw out votes, and started their own election.
“A reign of terror” – A violent 1838 election riot provoked outrage in central Pennsylvania
“This seems like madness” – An editorial from the aftermath of the 1860 election hits close to home
"We are quarreling with our own prosperity, and about to fly from imaginary evils to greater evils, the extent of which cannot be imagined."