Talk:Samuel J. Tilden

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"In the vituperative pamphlet war of the contested election, the phlegmatic Tilden was preposterously called "a liar, a traitor, a hypocrite, a briber, a conspirator, a thief, a counterfeiter, a defrauder, a perjurer, a robber, a swindler, a railroad wrecker," a drunkard, a syphilitic, a criminal, and a disgrace— but not a sodomite. Still he confided to a friend that he had never slept with a woman in his life." This seems to have come mostly from http://www.historyhouse.com/uts/tilden_hayes/ . If there is something to be asserted about Tilden's sexuality, shouldn't it just be asserted? What's the point of saying what he was not accused of? And then that "still" suggest never having slept with a woman somehow implies being a "sodomite"? 18:47, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sorry, that comment was from me, and it was a lot more peevish than it should have been. I'm editing the article. PRiis 20:04, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)