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David Frum

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As a US senator, Lamar led Democrats in sabotaging what little remained of voting rights enforcement in the South after the deal that secured the presidency for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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Lamar had been author of the Mississippi ordinance of secession. He served in the Confederate army, then as the CSA's special envoy to seek British and French help in the war. After the war, he fiercely opposed the Reconstruction constitutional amendments. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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So as you can imagine, there was considerable controversy over the appointment of Lamar to the high court a decade later. Some of that controversy is detailed in this (paywalled) article 7/x https://t.co/BMCeSeRsTZ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022