Historical Newspaper: How Senator Patterson Was Elected
Subject
Robert B. Elliott
Title
Historical Newspaper: How Senator Patterson Was Elected
Date
01/04/1873
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 1st column, 5th paragraph.
Chronicling America features a January 4, 1873 article, writer unknown, on Robert Brown Elliott's perspective on John J. Patterson's - a wealthy White businessman from Pennsylvania - election the the U.S. Senate. According to the article, Elliot - a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC) - was "greatly distressed" about Patterson's election. The source quotes Elliot directly about his belief that Black legislators had been "bribed by wholesale," which enabled Patterson's victory.
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Chronicling America features a January 4, 1873 article, writer unknown, on Robert Brown Elliott's perspective on John J. Patterson's - a wealthy White businessman from Pennsylvania - election the the U.S. Senate. According to the article, Elliot - a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC) - was "greatly distressed" about Patterson's election. The source quotes Elliot directly about his belief that Black legislators had been "bribed by wholesale," which enabled Patterson's victory.
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Publisher
The Library of Congress - Chronicling America (Wilmington Daily Gazette, DE)
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“Historical Newspaper: How Senator Patterson Was Elected,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 3, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/874.