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Indeed, his alleged majority of 47,000 over General Grant was greater than the total vote which the Democratic party could honestly cast in Louisiana.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “Indeed, his alleged majority of 47,000 over General Grant was greater than the total vote which the Democratic party…”
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Blaine argues that Seymour's claimed majority over Grant was mathematically impossible given the voting demographics in Louisiana.
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