1868 New York Election Fraud Congressional Investigation. (Grant Vs Seymour)

Description: 1868 New York Election Fraud Congressional Investigation. (Grant Vs Seymour) New York Election Frauds Report of The Select Committee on Alleged New York Election Frauds AND Supplemental Report Submitted to the House of Representatives, by Wm. Lawrence, of Ohio, Chairman of the Committee Fortieth Congress, Third Session House of Representatives, Report No. 31 and Report No. 41 Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1869. First Edition. Hardcovers. Black cloth with gilt spine title, octavo, 892 pages, Indexes, errata. Main Report: pages 1-148. Supplemental report: pages 149-892. The front pastedown has a label of the library of the Philomathaean Society, Pennsylvania College. [The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is a collegiate literary society, the oldest student group at the university, and a claimant to the title of the oldest continuously-existing literary society in the United States. Founded in 1813, its goal is "to promote the learning of its members and to increase the academic prestige of the University." Philomathean is derived from the Greek philomath, which means "a lover of learning." The motto of the Philomathean Society is Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "thus we proceed to the stars")]. The Select Committee was charged with the duty of investigating ?the irregularities and fraud alleged to have occurred in the city and State of New York, affecting the recent [November 1868] election for representatives to Congress and electors of President and Vice-President?. The main report was submitted to the House in February of 1869 and the Supplemental Report was submitted in March 1869. The Supplementary Report includes all of the testimonies and data collected by the Committee. ?That Grant should lose New York to Seymour by a majority of 10,000 votes was a source of shame and anger to Republicans. Seymour's victory in New York was made the subject of a federal investigation. On November 4, Horace Greeley spoke at the Union League Club. The ULC promptly petitioned the Congress to look into the vote of the state. This petition was presented to the House of Representatives on December 14 and was accepted by a vote of 134-35 (52 abstained). Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, the Republican candidate for vice-president, appointed a committee of seven: five Republicans and two Democrats. The committee was most likely created because the Republicans could not lose New York without a protest. It reported to the House of Representatives on February 23, 1869. The committee decided to take no action and Seymour retained all of New York's 33 electoral votes. Seymour was willing to return to this subject as long as he lived.? CONDITION: Good- Covers. / Very Good Contents. (Covers have wear at spine ends and at corners, repaired fabric tears at joints of boards with spine. 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