Pinchback elected to Congress and the Senate; denied his seats (1872-1873)

CTL-E-1538 · Event · election · 1870s

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Pinchback wins election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1872 and to the U.S. Senate in 1873, but is denied both seats after his elections are contested.

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P. B. S. Pinchback — related to → this record

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