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Rutherford B. Hayes: “Holding, as I do, the opinion that any military interference whatever at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our…”

On the recordMay 11, 1879
Holding, as I do, the opinion that any military interference whatever at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our institutions and would tend to destroy the freedom of elections.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval 'An Act to Prohibit Military Interference at...'

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