Capture lane

Electoral Manipulation

The Electoral Manipulation capture lane traces 425 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

425 events From Sep 6, 1787 To Apr 3, 2026 Open in filter view →
Activity over time Events per year
1787 · 2 events1804 · 1 event1817 · 1 event1824 · 1 event1825 · 1 event1826 · 1 event1832 · 1 event1840 · 1 event1843 · 1 event1844 · 1 event1845 · 1 event1848 · 2 events1851 · 1 event1853 · 1 event1854 · 1 event1855 · 1 event1856 · 1 event1857 · 1 event1858 · 1 event1860 · 2 events1864 · 1 event1869 · 2 events1874 · 2 events1876 · 1 event1877 · 1 event1884 · 1 event1887 · 1 event1890 · 1 event1893 · 1 event1895 · 1 event1896 · 1 event1897 · 1 event1898 · 1 event1901 · 1 event1903 · 1 event1915 · 1 event1916 · 1 event1917 · 1 event1918 · 1 event1919 · 1 event1920 · 1 event1924 · 1 event1926 · 1 event1932 · 1 event1933 · 1 event1944 · 1 event1947 · 1 event1950 · 1 event1954 · 1 event1955 · 1 event1956 · 1 event1957 · 1 event1960 · 2 events1963 · 3 events1964 · 2 events1965 · 3 events1968 · 2 events1970 · 2 events1974 · 3 events1975 · 3 events1977 · 1 event1978 · 2 events1979 · 1 event1980 · 1 event1981 · 2 events1982 · 3 events1985 · 1 event1986 · 1 event1987 · 1 event1988 · 1 event1990 · 1 event1992 · 1 event1993 · 2 events1994 · 3 events1995 · 1 event1996 · 2 events1997 · 2 events1998 · 1 event2000 · 6 events2001 · 1 event2002 · 2 events2003 · 1 event2004 · 4 events2005 · 3 events2006 · 2 events2007 · 1 event2008 · 3 events2009 · 2 events2010 · 4 events2011 · 8 events2012 · 2 events2013 · 7 events2014 · 4 events2015 · 8 events2016 · 25 events2017 · 13 events2018 · 18 events2019 · 17 events2020 · 36 events2021 · 28 events2022 · 9 events2023 · 17 events2024 · 18 events2025 · 72 events2026 · 10 events17872026
DateEventLanesStatus
1869-05-15Suffrage Movement Splits Over 15th Amendment as Stanton and Anthony Deploy Racist Rhetoric
Susan B. Anthony · Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Lucy Stone · Henry Blackwell · +3
confirmed
1864-11-08Copperheads Attempt Election Manipulation Through Peace Platform and Confederate Conspiracy While Deploying Racist Propaganda
Abraham Lincoln · George B. McClellan · Clement Vallandigham · Democratic Party · +2
confirmed
1860-12-20South Carolina Secession Launches Confederate States Formation to Preserve Slavery as Explicit Constitutional Foundation
Jefferson Davis · Alexander Stephens · South Carolina · Confederate States of America · +1
confirmed
1860-04-23Democratic Party Convention Split Over Slavery Platform Fractures Last National Institution Binding North and South
Stephen A. Douglas · William Yancey · John C. Breckinridge · Democratic Party · +2
confirmed
1858-01-04Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery
James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas · Kansas voters · Lecompton Convention
confirmed
1857-11-07Lecompton Constitution Referendum Demonstrates Electoral Fraud in Service of Slavery Expansion
James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas · Pro-slavery delegates · Border Ruffians · +1
confirmed
1856-05-22Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence
Preston Brooks · Charles Sumner · Andrew Butler · U.S. Senate · +1
confirmed
1855-03-30Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence
David Rice Atchison · Border Ruffians · Franklin Pierce · Kansas Territorial Government
confirmed
1854-05-30Kansas-Nebraska Act Repeals Missouri Compromise, Triggering Violent Territorial Conflict
Stephen A. Douglas · Franklin Pierce · U.S. Congress · Pro-slavery Border Ruffians · +1
confirmed
1853-03-04Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion
Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party · Slave Power
confirmed
1851-05-29Sojourner Truth Speech at Akron Women's Rights Convention Exposes Intersection of Racism and Sexism
Sojourner Truth · Frances Dana Gage · Marius Robinson
confirmed
1848-11-07Free Soil Party Splits Democratic Vote, Demonstrating Slavery's Destruction of Party Unity
Martin Van Buren · Free Soil Party · Democratic Party · Whig Party · +2
confirmed
1848-07-19Seneca Falls Convention Launches Women's Rights Movement with Declaration of Sentiments
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Lucretia Mott · Frederick Douglass · Jane Hunt · +2
confirmed
1845-03-01Texas Annexed as Slave State Despite Nine Years of Antislavery Opposition
James K. Polk · John Tyler · John C. Calhoun · U.S. Congress · +2
confirmed
1844-03-01Tyler Administration Conducts Secret Texas Annexation Negotiations to Expand Slavery
John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · John C. Calhoun · Isaac Van Zandt
confirmed
1843-10-16Tyler Begins Secret Texas Annexation Talks to Strengthen Slave Power
John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · Isaac Van Zandt · Slave Power
confirmed
1840-11-02Log Cabin Campaign Uses Image Manipulation and Corruption Attacks to Defeat Van Buren
William Henry Harrison · Martin Van Buren · Whig Party · Charles Ogle
confirmed
1832-07-10Jackson Vetoes Second Bank Recharter, Triggering Financial Manipulation by Both Sides
Andrew Jackson · Nicholas Biddle · Henry Clay · Daniel Webster · +1
confirmed
1826-01-01Jefferson Denounces Corrupt Bargain as Betrayal of Democratic Principles
Thomas Jefferson · Andrew Jackson · Democratic-Republican Party · Reform Movement
confirmed
1825-02-09Corrupt Bargain Elevates Adams to Presidency Through House Backroom Deal
John Quincy Adams · Henry Clay · Andrew Jackson · William Crawford · +1
confirmed
1824-02-09House Elects John Quincy Adams in "Corrupt Bargain" After Clay Throws Support, Ending Era of Good Feelings
John Quincy Adams · Henry Clay · Andrew Jackson · William H. Crawford · +1
confirmed
1817-03-04Era of Good Feelings Begins with Monroe Presidency, Masking Corruption as "Era of Good Stealings"
President James Monroe · Democratic-Republican Party · Federalist Party remnants
confirmed
1804-07-11Hamilton-Burr Duel Demonstrates Elite Violence and Honor Culture Replacing Law
Aaron Burr · Alexander Hamilton · Federalist Party · Democratic-Republican Party
confirmed
1787-09-17Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections
Constitutional Convention · James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · +1
confirmed
1787-09-06Electoral College Design Leverages Three-Fifths Compromise to Amplify Slave State Power
Constitutional Convention delegates · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Committee of Eleven
confirmed