On a fateful day in November 1894, the Board of Canvassers in Richmond, Virginia, convened to review the vote certificates of nine Democrats and one Republican. But what began as a routine meeting would soon take a sinister turn, revealing a web of irregularities that shook the very foundations of the Commonwealth’s government.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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