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| Ex-Judge David Davis (Now Senator) at Home |
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Cartoonist: Thomas Nast |
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Source: Harper's Weekly |
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Date:
February 17, 1877, p. 121
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Caption:
After wandering abroad for many a year. |
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
In supporting the Electoral Commission Act, Democrats assumed that David Davis
would be the fifth justice. On a commission otherwise evenly divided between
Democrats and Republicans, the independent Davis would be the decisive vote.
Democratic leaders were confident that he would see the logic and justice of
their case for Tilden's election.
Davis had longed desired political office, so Tilden's disreputable nephew,
Colonel William Pelton, urged a Democratic-Greenback coalition in the Illinois
state legislature to elect Davis to the U.S. Senate. Instead of remaining on the
commission, grateful to the Democrats, Davis resigned since he would soon no
longer be a Supreme Court justice, but a senator. He was replaced on the
commission by Justice Joseph P. Bradley, a Republican who cast all his votes for
Hayes. |
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