Tag: Epidemics

Presidential Politics in a Public Health Crisis: Cholera and the 1832 Election

Presidential Politics in a Public Health Crisis: Cholera and the 1832 Election

Over the hubbub of presidential campaigning glided the specter of disease. “A short time since there was an excitement about the election,” reflected a resident of New Orleans in November 1832, “but now we hear nothing but sickness and death.”[1] As modern-day Americans anticipate voting amid a pandemic, some have ...
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