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which was the more peaceful *transfer of power*? (search mode)

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which was the more peaceful *transfer of power*?

#1 Lincoln 1861		4 (26.7%)
#2 Bush 2001		11 (73.3%)

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Miamiu1027
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« on: January 20, 2009, 03:09:58 PM »

which was the more peaceful *transfer of power*?

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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 04:13:29 PM »

nobody threw eggs at Lincoln's chariot

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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 03:07:59 PM »

nobody threw eggs at Lincoln's chariot

Yeah, there was just some silly war instead.

the war didn't directly challenge the transfer of power, and wasn't even initiated by the defeated/resistors

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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2009, 09:01:09 PM »

there had to have been at least some form of physical coercion during the takeover of federal territory in the seceding states

but there's a degree or two of separation between that and the actual federal transfer of power.

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