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Histories most controversial elections

Murphy Woodhouse
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Mountain West News Bureau

Over the course of American history, there have been 47 presidents elected to the White House.

A journey that for many has been marked by controversy dating all the way back to George Washington. It's this history that retired Boise State University professor Blaine Davies teaches about.

In fact, he’ll be talking more about this topic next week at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Boise, and he joined Idaho Matters for a preview.

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