Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contest--which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden--the most controversial in American history. Examining the work and conclusions of the Potter Committee, the congressional body tasked with investigating the vote, Adam Fairclough's Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876 sheds new light on the events...