. A history of Pennsylvania. obverse reverse The Great Seal of the State of Pexxs\lvaxta Election of 1838; Buckshot War. There was an ekc-tion for governor in 1838. The united Whigs renominatedRitner, while the reunited Democrats selected David Ritten-house Porter. This campaign has never been surpassed forhard feehng and for bitter personal attacks and false prominent leader and one unequak^d for the viok-nce ofhis attacks was Thaddeus Stevens. The ekxTion gave theLegislature a Whig majority in the Senate, whik^ the Housewas almost equally divided — so nearly so that the controldepe
. A history of Pennsylvania. obverse reverse The Great Seal of the State of Pexxs\lvaxta Election of 1838; Buckshot War. There was an ekc-tion for governor in 1838. The united Whigs renominatedRitner, while the reunited Democrats selected David Ritten-house Porter. This campaign has never been surpassed forhard feehng and for bitter personal attacks and false prominent leader and one unequak^d for the viok-nce ofhis attacks was Thaddeus Stevens. The ekxTion gave theLegislature a Whig majority in the Senate, whik^ the Housewas almost equally divided — so nearly so that the controldepended upon which of the two contesting delegations fromPhiladelphia should be seated. So there were two s])eakers,and the two parts, each claiming to be the true House,held sessions sometimes together and somelinu-s sej)araUl\ .A crowd or mob gathered at Harrisburg, invatk-d the state This was done without logislativf authoritw 234 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA house, and by its threatening and riotous conduct greatlyincreased th
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