This Week Back Then

Corruption takes center stage in this week’s episode. In late nineteenth-century Portland, vote-buying was a common occurrence as political bosses provided owners of local boarding houses and vice establishments with the funds necessary to pay their patrons to vote for specific candidates. Don’t miss host Alecia Giombolini’s account of mayoral candidate James Chapman’s admitted vote-buying scheme. More at: http://www.publichistorypdx.org/2017/05/14/1882-portland-mayoral-election-scandal/