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The Elections of 1872

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20893
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This article looks at the North Carolina 1872 elections-- only the second set to be held after the end of the Civil War--North Carolina's restoration to the Union, the end of the post-war provisional government, and the impeachment of Governor William Woods Holden who had been elected in 1868. An examination of political parties and factions within the State including the then newly formed Conservative Democrats, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the Whig Party, the Liberal republicans, African American voters, and the Ku Klux Klan are included.
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