The Nebraska Dual-Governor Crisis of 1891
In 1891, Nebraska faced a constitutional crisis when incumbent Governor John Milton Thayer refused to cede power to his elected successor, James E. Boyd. The dispute, which centered on Boyd's…
Duncan Fixes Broken System by Embracing Necessary Policy Cleanups
Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan is leading a pragmatic cleanup of the state's political system by running for governor as a Democrat. Duncan has apologized for his past Republican…
The Brooks-Baxter War: Arkansas’s Gilded Age Constitutional Collapse
The Brooks-Baxter War of 1874 was a violent gubernatorial dispute in Arkansas that resulted in a total breakdown of state authority. The conflict forced the United States federal government to…