Tainted by Suspicion by Fred Lucas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Introduction PART I: John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson

CHAPTER ONE: The President vs. The Vice President

Round One Scandal and Near War The Presidential Candidates The Vice Presidential Candidates Safe Place for a Bible The Grand Adams-Royals Conspiracy Theory Conservatives and Liberals How Burr Delivers the Election Let it be One Whom We Can Oppose

CHAPTER TWO: 73-73

Not be so Mad Stretch of the Constitution Burr’s ‘Critical Moment’ Civil War was Expected Adams and Jefferson Walk and Talk Another Revolution ‘What a Lesson to America and the World’

CHAPTER THREE: President Burr

Federalist Loyalty? Impeachment? Burr and Slavery Burr and the Louisiana Purchase Burr’s Real-Life Presidency Burr Re-Election

PART II: John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson

CHAPTER FOUR: Democracy Arrives

‘Good Feelings’ Fade Voting Boom, Caucus Collapse The Proud Democrat Caucusing for Crawford A President’s Son The Great Compromiser Second Thoughts Conservatives and Liberals

CHAPTER FIVE: ‘The People Have Been Cheated’

‘Political Weathercocks’ Alleged Deal Days of Trial

CHAPTER SIX: President Jackson—Four Years Early

No Democratic Party Trail of Tears Earlier Paving the Way for President Calhoun? Killing the Bank

PART III: Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden

CHAPTER SEVEN: Reform Campaign

Democrats and the Klan Democratic Tide Reform Candidates Conservatives and Liberals Bloody Shirt and Accusations Suppressing the Black Vote

CHAPTER EIGHT: Compromise of 1877

Shenanigans and Rulings Election Moves to D.C. Electoral Commission Wormley House Nation Reacts

CHAPTER NINE: President Tilden

‘Negro Supremacy’ Alarmism Civil Service Reform Tildenomics Political Consequences

PART IV: Non-Disputed Controversies

CHAPTER TEN: Cleveland Uninterrupted

Cleveland’s Challenging First Term Trouble with Trade Harrison’s Road to the Nomination Conservatives and Liberals The Campaign Scandals and Scurrilous Charges Election Results Cleveland’s Earlier Second Term

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Kennedy, Nixon and the Minimal Challenge

Caution on Race Road to the Nomination Conservatives and Liberals Religion and Debates Jackie Robinson and Harry Bellefonte Alabama ‘Absurdity’ ‘Down to the Wire’ ‘Gross and Palpable Fraud’ President Nixon, Eight Years Early

PART V: George W. Bush vs. Al Gore

CHAPTER TWELVE: Clash of Dynasties

Politics of Personality Primary Problems Clinton Fatigue Third Party Spoilers Rats and Chains and 30-Second Spots Electoral College Expectations

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: 36 Days

The War for Florida Rage over Butterflies Disenfranchising Soldiers State Courts ‘Trying to Kidnap Electors’ ‘Stick with the Appeal’ Supreme Court Decides Victory and Defeat Bush Wins Another Recount

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: President Gore

Gore’s Green Agenda Gore the War President The Iraq Question Gore, Patriot Act and Gitmo Difference on the Home Front Four More for Gore?

CONCLUSION: Did Anyone Really Steal Anything? END NOTES