Eric Eggen

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Turnout fell dramatically. The Republicans regained two-thirds majorities in both Houses of Congress. Greeley did not carry a single electoral vote north of the Mason-Dixon line. Grant captured 55 percent of the popular vote. No presidential candidate would get a higher percentage for the rest of the century.
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)
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