The Supreme Court Rules in Reynolds v. United States making it a Crime to Practice Polygamy
Reynolds v. United States (1878) was a test case put forward by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) in an attempt …
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The Execution of the Molly Maguire’s Begins
It was the largest mass execution of any group by the US federal government in history. Between 1877 and 1879 20 Irishmen known as the …
The Compromise of 1877: Rutherford B Hayes Becomes President After Lopsided Loss due to Governors not Conceding, Electoral Commission Partisan 8-7 Vote
On the evening of election day, November 7, 1876, the infamous civil war General, Daniel Sickles, circled by the Republican National Headquarters in DC after attending the theater, …
The Battle of Little Bighorn: The Myth of Custer’s Last Stand
This battle was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which …
The Theosophical Society was Officially Formed in NYC by Helena Blavatsky and others as ‘an Unsectarian Body of Seekers after Truth’
On the southern edge of Madras, India’s fourth largest city, nestled between the sea and one of the city’s busiest boulevards, is a sprawling, well-wooded …
Violent Democrats Murdered Two Dozen Republicans in Coushatta Massacre
This day of 1874, two dozen politically-active Republicans were murdered by the White League, a terrorist organization affiliated with the Democratic Party. Some victims were …
Susan B. Anthony cast her Vote on Election Day — Illegally
The tactics of the suffragists went beyond petitions and memorials to Congress. Testing another strategy, Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election …
The 1871 Chinese massacre in Los Angeles
On Oct. 24, 1871, a mob of 500 men raided Chinatown in Los Angeles, killing at least 20 Chinese Americans and stealing an estimated $1.5 …
Ku Klux Klan Act passed by Congress
With passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties …
The Act of 1871 (titled “An Act To Provide A Government for the District of Columbia”) Enacted, Creating a New Separate Corporate Government
Webster’s dictionary defines “treason” as: 1. the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes …