Is Chimpy the first president to be installed in office based on electoral fraud?

[MrCoffee]

Poll question: Is Chimpy the first president to be installed in office based on electoral fraud?

In your opinion, have there been other instances of Presidential electoral fraud in the US?

[charlie and algernon]

1. nope, Ruther"fraud" B Hayes came before

his win was determined by an electoral commission after FOUR states had their results contested. Gotta love the election of 1876, also gotta love elections where 3 candidates all have a legit shot at winning multiple states. Hayes lost the popular vote and generally got his ass handed to him by Samual Tilden but reports of fraud in (Surprise, surprise) Florida, Louisianna, and South Carolina had the election turned over to Hayes.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Read Gore Vidal's "1876" for an entertaining fictional account of that election

:-)

Preferably after you've read "Burr" and "Lincoln."

[Dr. Strange]

4. In addition, interesting because the results were also due to apportionment problems.

http://www.maa.org/editorial/knot/Democracy.html

[Rosie1223]

3. The HBO mini-series "John Adams"

implies there were bribes exchanged to make George Washington a unanimous choice in the first electoral college vote.