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How controversial was Illinois governor John Peter Atgeld’s decision to pardon three of the anarchists convicted in the haymarket affair? Did it play any part in his defeat in the 1896 Illinois Gubernatorial electio?

by /u/Damned-scoundrel in /r/AskHistorians

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